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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harald Feuchter, Stuttgart, DE;
Ottmar Back, Waiblingen, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474 12 ; 474 14 ; 474 18 ; 474 19 ;
Abstract
An infinitely variable speed transmission in which the transmission ratio results from the equilibrium of the total contact pressure force on the one V-belt pulley and the contact pressure force on the other V-belt pulley determined by a V-belt. The total contact pressure force having a torque-dependent proportion and a proportion which is a function of at least one outside operating parameter.