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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1976
Lubomyr O Hewko, Port Clinton, OH (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A continuously variable speedometer drive adapter including a housing with input and output shafts rotatably mounted therein, a first race secured to one of the shafts, a spring-loaded second race mounted freely around the same shaft, a pair of spacer balls mounted therebetween, a drive roller formed on the other shaft and frictionally confined between the races, and adjustment means for varying the position of the roller along the races to thereby vary the resultant input/output speed ratio. In an alternate embodiment, the races are operatively connected to the housing, as well as to one of the shafts, to provide a basic 2:1 input/output speed ratio to supplement the variable ratio feature.