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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Novatek Ip, Llc, Provo, UT (US);
Inventors:
Michael Hall, Springville, UT (US);
Samuel Tate Brown, Heber City, UT (US);
Assignee:
NOVATEK IP, LLC, Provo, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 21/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gearless transmission may provide a similar outcome to a gear train, without meshing teeth. Such a gearless transmission may comprise an input shaft comprising a plurality of lobes disposed thereon. The lobes may extend radially from the input shaft in opposite directions from one another. Each of the lobes may comprise a plurality of connecting rods freely rotatable thereabout. Each of the connecting rods may be slidably attached to a hollow body disposed around the input shaft. The hollow body may be formed from a plurality of rings fixed together and secured to an output shaft.