Traction type transmission

• US 5,037,361 A
• Filed: 12/28/1990
• Issued: 08/06/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Takashi Takahashi
• Original Assignee: Takashi Takahashi
• Inventors: Takahashi, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wright, Dirk
• Application Number:
  US07/635,029
• Time in Patent Office: 221 Days
• Field of Search: 475/183, 475/195, 74/206, 74/208, 74/216
• US Class Current: 475/195
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 13/06 with members having orbital motion

Abstract

A traction type transmission characterized in that a planetary roller mechanism is constituted by a sun roller, a plurality of planetary rollers disposed equidistantly around the sun roller and an exterior ring disposed outside the planetary rollers, the sun roller is connected to a high speed shaft while either the exterior ring or the planetary shafts of the planetary rollers are connected to a low speed shaft through a rotary member; the planetary rollers are strongly pressed to the outer periphery of the sun roller in the presence of an oil and two slope surfaces of the inner periphery of the exterior ring are strongly pressed to both shoulder portions of the outer periphery of these planetary rollers in the presence of an oil, respectively.

Claims

1. A traction type transmission characterized in that a planetary roller mechanism is constituted by a sun roller, a plurality of planetary rollers disposed equidistantly around said sun rollers and exterior rings disposed outside said plurality of planetary rollers;

said sun roller is coupled to a high speed shaft while either said exterior rings or planetary shafts supporting said planetary rollers are connected to a low speed shaft;

each of said planetary rollers is divided concentrically into a roller portion on the side of said planetary shaft and a ring portion on the outer peripheral side with a gap between them;

said ring portion is pushed strongly to the outer periphery of said sun roller in the presence of an oil; and

two right and left slope surfaces of the inner periphery of said exterior ring is strongly pressed to both shoulder portions of the outer periphery of said ring portion in the presence of the oil, respectively.

2. A traction type transmission according to claim 1, wherein one of the slope surfaces of said exterior ring is formed on the edge surface of a hydraulic piston fitted idlely to a hydraulic cylinder and said hydraulic piston is allowed to move freely in an axial direction towards one of both shoulder portion of said ring portion.

3. A traction type transmission according to claim 1, wherein the inner diameter at the contact portion of the slope surface of said exterior ring is made to be somewhat smaller than the diameter at the contact portion of a circumscribed circle with respect to the shoulder portions of said plurality of planetary rollers, and said exterior ring is fitted over the outer periphery of said shoulder portions under thermal expansion and is thereafter cooled to normal temperature for shrinkage so as to generate a strong pressing force in a radial direction.

4. A traction type transmission according to claim 1, wherein said ring portion of each of said planetary rollers has a larger outer diameter portion and smaller outer diameter portions on both sides of said larger outer diameter portion;

said larger outer diameter portion is strongly pressed to the outer periphery of said sun roller in the presence of an oil;

said two slope surfaces of the inner periphery of said exterior ring are strongly pressed to the outer periphery of said smaller outer diameter portions on both of the right and left sides in the presence of an oil;

one of said slope surfaces is formed on the edge surface of a hydraulic piston fitted idlely to a hydraulic cylinder; and

said hydraulic piston is allowed to move freely in an axial direction towards said smaller outer diameter portions.

5. A traction type transmission according to claim 1, wherein the ring portion of each of said planetary rollers has a larger outer diameter portion and smaller outer diameter portions on both right and left sides of said larger outer diameter portion;

said larger outer diameter portion is strongly pressed to the outer periphery of said sun roller in the presence of an oil;

said two slope surfaces of the inner periphery of said exterior ring are strongly pressed to the outer periphery of said smaller outer diameter portions on both right and left sides in the presence of an oil, respectively;

the inner diameter at the contact portion of said slope surface of said exterior ring is somewhat smaller than the diameter at the contact portion of a circumscribed circle with respect to said smaller outer diameter portion of said ring portion of each of said planetary rollers; and

said exterior ring is fitted over the outer periphery of said smaller outer diameter portions under thermal expansion and is thereafter cooled to normal temperature for shrinkage so as to generate a push force in a radial direction.