Nsk Corporation

Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha

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Idemitsu Kosan Company, Limited

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Nks Ltd.

Nihon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha

Hisashi Machida

Takashi Imanishi

Hiroshi Kato

Hiroyuki Itoh

Nobuo Goto

Hiroyuki Ito

Hitoshi Hata

Kouji Ishikawa

Makoto Fujinami

Shinji Miyata

Hiroshi Fukushima

Ryoichi Otaki

Masayoshi Shimizuya

Tsutomu Abe

Hiroyuki Ikeda

Yuko Kamamura

Tomofumi Yamashita

Yasuhiko Miyaura

Tomoo Ishihara

Hiromichi Seiki

Koichi Sakai

Hiroshi Terakubo

Masaki Nakano

Hirohisa Tanaka

Toshiyuki Tsubouchi

Hiroshi Suzuki

Hiroshi Eda

Tatsuhiko Goi

Yuji Nakano

Kenichiro Tanaka

Kazuo Chikaraishi

Yasunobu Jufuku

Hirotoshi Aramaki

Toshihiro Fukuda

Kinji Yukawa

Koji Kawakami

Hideki Kokubu

Takaaki Shiratani

Atsushi Ozawa

Yudai Tatara

Nobuo Gotoh

Ryota Iwahashi

Takayuki Isano

Koji Ishikawa

A half toroidal CVT disk having an inner surface portion, an outer surface portion and a toroidal surface having a given machining allowance is centered with said inner surface portion worked prior to the heat treatment of said half toroidal CVT disk as the standard thereof, and then is chucked by a chuck mechanism. The toroidal surface of the chucked half toroidal CVT disk is ground by a grinding mechanism with the grinding wheel for grinding the half toroidal CVT disk in a state that one of said half toroidal CVT disk and said tool is inclined at a given angle with respect to the other.

Method of grinding half toroidal CVT disk

A power roller bearing for rotatably supporting a power roller of a toroidal-type continuously variable transmission, having: an inner ring; an outer ring; a plurality of balls respectively interposed between the inner and outer rings; and, a retainer for holding the balls therein, wherein the retainer includes a plurality of pockets for storing the balls therein at equi-distant positions in the peripheral direction of the retainer, and the inner peripheral portions of the pockets are respectively formed of elastic material that, when the power roller rotates, allows the balls to shift from the equi-distant positions.

Power roller bearing for toroidal-type continuously variable transmission

In a toroidal type continuously variable transmission, first pivot shafts provided on both ends of first trunnions are supported within support holes formed in yokes secured to an inner surface of a casing. The support portions are provided with ball splines and radial needle bearings. During operation, loads acting on the first trunnions are canceled within the yokes. Axial displacements and rocking displacements of the first trunnions are effected smoothly by the ball splines and the radial needle bearings.

Toroidal type continuously variable transmission

A toroidal-type continuously variable transmission has an input disk, an output disk, a pressing device for pressing said first disk toward said second disk, a plurality of trunnions having a pair of first support shafts for supporting a plurality of power rollers, a pair of support plates for supporting the first pivot shafts of each of the trunnions; and a pair of swing brackets each including a second pivot shaft parallel to the first pivot shaft of the trunnion, the swing brackets being respectively supported so as to be swingable about the second pivot shafts with respect to the support plates. The first pivot shafts of the trunnion are respectively supported so as to be swingable with respect to the support plates through the swing brackets.

Toroidal-type continuously variable transmission

Lubricant additive

In a toroidal type continuously variable transmission, first pivot shafts provided on both ends of first trunnions are supported within support holes formed in yokes secured to an inner surface of a casing. The support portions are provided with ball splines and radial needle bearings. During operation, loads acting on the first trunnions are cancelled within the yokes. Axial displacements and rocking displacements of the first trunnions are effected smoothly by the ball splines and the radial needle bearings.

An output rotational driving power of the engine is split into a first split power and a second split power. The first split power is transmitted to a continuously variable speed transmission that transmits the first split power by a shearing resistance of a fluid. The second split power is transmitted to a differential planetary gear system. An output power of the continuously variable speed transmission is transmitted to the differential planetary gear system to combine the first split power and the second split power in the differential planetary gear system. A variation of a rotating speed of the output rotational driving power is absorbed by the continuously variable speed transmission to adjust an output rotating speed of the differential planetary gear system to a constant speed.

Method of and apparatus for driving aircraft generator at a constant-speed

An auxiliary equipment of driving force for bicycle is provided wherein a reduction gear of the traction roller type is adopted, and the contact pressure between the outer peripheral surfaces of the traction rollers and the outer peripheral surface of the rotatable shaft and the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring is controlled corresponding to the torque to be transmitted, so that the battery is less exhausted and that the traveling distance of the electrically power augmented bicycle is prolonged.

Auxiliary device for bicycle with traction roller type gear

In order to stabilize an operation for changing a speed change ratio, and to improve transmitting efficiency and endurance of structural parts of a toroidal continuously variable transmission, a relationship between the switching of a control valve and displacements of trunnions is such that initiation of the displacement of a trunnion having a feedback mechanism including a precess cam and a link arm is effected prior to initiation of the displacement of a trunnion not having a feedback mechanism.

In order to facilitate an assembling operation of a structure which is correctly operated with a proper positional relation, in a power roller unit for a toroidal type continuously variable transmission according to the present invention, a displacement shaft, a power roller, a radial needle bearing, a thrust ball bearing and a thrust needle bearing are pre-assembled to a trunnion. After dimensional relations and operation conditions of the constructural parts of the assembly or unit are ascertained, the assembly is assembled within a housing together with other unit, thereby completing the toroidal type continuously variable transmission.

Power roller unit and output disc unit for toroidal type continuously variable transmission

A plural cavity toroidal transmission is designed to permit transmission of great torque between output side disks and a sleeve while maintaining a thickness of the sleeve. To this end, convex portions are formed on outer surfaces of the output side disks and concave portions are formed on edge portions of both axial ends of the sleeve. By fitting the convex portions into the concave portions, synchronous rotations of the pair of output side disks and transmission of rotation from the output side disks to an output gear can be achieved.

In a toroidal-type continuously variable transmission, there is provided a thrust rolling bearing interposed between a power roller and a trunnion for supporting a thrust-direction load applied to the power roller. The thrust rolling bearing includes a plurality of rolling elements and a retainer rollably holding the plurality of rolling elements. The retainer defines a circular-ring-shaped main body and a plurality of pockets respectively formed in the main body for rollably holding the plurality of rolling elements. A clearance between the pocket and the rolling element is set in the range of 0.6 to 6.0% of the ball diameter of the rolling element.

Lubricant additive comprising reaction product of phosphate or phosphite and boronated dispersant

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hisashi Machida