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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1999
Ned Mills, Kennewick, WA (US);
Speed Control, Inc., Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Transmissions, transmission lock assemblies, methods of adjusting a gear ratio of a transmission, and methods of forming a transmission shift mechanism are provided. According to one aspect of the invention, a transmission includes a mount assembly including a mount support adapted to couple about a central axle having a central axis, and an eccentric mount defining an eccentric axis and movably coupled with the mount support allowing radial adjustment of the eccentric mount relative to the central axle intermediate a first position and a second position to adjust a gear ratio of the transmission; and wherein resultant forces are generated responsive to the eccentric axis being spaced from the central axis, and the mount support and the eccentric mount are configured to minimize effects of the resultant forces upon the eccentric mount in positions intermediate the first position and the second position.