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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank A Folino, Weston, MA (US);
Stuart E Schechter, Newton, MA (US);
Michael P Cunningham, Londonderry, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
476 36 ; 476 18 ; 475196 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for smoothing the ball transition in rolling element/cam type speed converters, with an alternative cable-run through the drive mechanism in either a single or multistage configuration.