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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Hokanson, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Allen Roberts, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Robert Warbrick, Hayden, ID (US);
Assignee:
Starting Line Products, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1921 / ; 1921 / ; 192 5452 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
An adjustment mechanism for use with a driven clutch of continuously variable transmission has an adjustor ring that receives a first end of a spring. A follower plate be carried by one of the pulley halves has a surface to interact with the other pulley half. The follower plate receives the adjustor ring. A holding element, a set screw in a preferred embodiment, retains the adjustor ring in a position relative to the follower plate. The mechanism allows rotation of the adjustor ring relative to the follower plate to adjust the spring force.