TRANSMISSION

• US 3,430,504 A
• Filed: 08/29/1966
• Issued: 03/04/1969
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dickenbrock Frank
• Original Assignee: Dickenbrock Frank
• Inventors: DICKENBROCK FRANK
• Application Number:
  US04/575,682
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• US Class Current: 476/42
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2015/383 with two or more sets of toroid gearings arranged in parallel
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/664 Friction gearings
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/6649 characterised by the means for controlling the torque transmitting capability of the gearing

Claims

1. IN A TRANSMISSION, A HOUSING, FIRST AND SECOND SPACED SUPPORT SPIDERS GROUNDED TO SAID HOUSING, FIRST AND SECOND FRICTION ROLLER UNITS, SAID FRICTION UNITS EACH INCLUDING A POWER INPUT RACE, A POWER DELIVERY RACE AND A FRICTION ROLLER FOR TRANSMITTING TORQUE BETWEEN SAID RACES, THE POWER INPUT RACES BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT EACH OTHER AND INTERMEDIATE SAID SPIDERS, COMMON MEANS FOR DRIVING BOTH INPUT RACES DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE SAID INPUT RACES, A SUPPORT SLEEVE SUPPORTED IN BOTH OF SAID SPIDERS AND EXTENDING AXIALLY THROUGH SAID SPIDERS TOWARD SAID POWER DELIVERY RACES, RESPECTIVELY, AN INPUT RACE SUPPORT SLEEVE ROTATABLY SUPPORTED UPON SAID FIRST-MENTIONED SUPPORT SLEEVE AND POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SPIDERS AND BENEATH SAID INPUT RACES, A POWER DELIVERY SHAFT DRIVEN BY BOTH OF SAID POWER DELIVERY RACES AND SUPPORTED FOR ROTATION WITHIN SAID FIRST-MENTIONED SUPPORT SLEEVE, A ROLLER CARRIER FOR