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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2000
Hendrikus Jan Kapaan, Nieuwegein, NL;
Johannes Albertus Van Winden, Heidelberg, DE;
Bernardus Gerardus Van Leeuwen, Nieuwegein, NL;
Arno Stubenrauch, Aidhausen, DE;
Hubert Herbst, Gaedheim, DE;
Hendrikus Jan Kapaan, Nieuwegein, NL;
Johannes Albertus Van Winden, Heidelberg, DE;
Bernardus Gerardus Van Leeuwen, Nieuwegein, NL;
Arno Stubenrauch, Aidhausen, DE;
Hubert Herbst, Gaedheim, DE;
SKF Engineering and Research Centre B.V., Nieuwegein, NL;
Abstract
A continuously variable transmission system comprises a continuously variable transmission having two pulley sets each with two discs defining a V-shaped groove, drive means-for varying the width of said groove and a belt extending between said-pulley sets in the grooves thereof, as well as a forward-reverse control connected to the shaft of one of the pulley sets and a clutch connected to said forward-reverse control, said pulley sets, forward-reverse control and clutch each being provided with a respective actuator. The actuators of the forward-reverse control and of the clutch are of an electromechanical type.