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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:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Yasunari Kimura, Wako, JP;
Takao Tsuboi, Wako, JP;
Tsuneo Endoh, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A variable flywheel mechanism is capable of varying the moment of inertia is disclosed. The wheel mechanism includes a sun gear, planetary gears, pivotable arms swung by the planetary gears, and weights mounted on the pivotable arms. The positions of the weights are controlled by rotation of the sun gear.