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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1989

Filed:

Apr. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:

Susumu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74867 ; 74474 ;
Abstract

A continuously variable transmission has a drive pulley having a shiftable disc, a driven pulley having a shiftable disc, a belt engaged with both pulleys, a transmission ratio control valve having a spool for controlling oil supplied to a cylinder of the drive pulley. A cam is operatively connected with an accelerator pedal of a vehicle for shifting the spool of the transmission ratio control valve through a spring in accordance with depression of the accelerator pedal. A stopping device is provided for stopping the cam at a predetermined angular position, and a spring is provided between the cam and a shaft which is provided for rotatably supporting the cam and operatively connected to the accelerator pedal. Accordingly the accelerator pedal can be further depressed after the stop of the cam. The stopping device has a stop member operatively connected to the shiftable disc of the drive pulley so as to be moved with the movement of the disc in the upshift direction.


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