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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2011
Timothy James Cyders, Athens, OH (US);
William Taylor Beale, Athens, OH (US);
Timothy James Cyders, Athens, OH (US);
William Taylor Beale, Athens, OH (US);
Beale Innovations, Inc., Athens, OH (US);
Abstract
A continuously variable transmission system is provided having an input driving member drivable in alternating motion by a source of input mechanical energy. A ratchet having a ratcheting member and an output driven member is provided, wherein the output driven member is rotationally driven in a continuous rotational direction. A drive spring and a drive linkage are drivingly linked between the input driving member and the ratcheting member, wherein a drive force applied to the input driving member is transmitted to the ratcheting member via the drive spring and drive linkage. A return spring is drivingly linked to the ratcheting member to apply a return force to the ratcheting member. A control apparatus is further configured to selectively vary a deflection curve of the drive spring, wherein the variation in the deflection curve generally determines one or more of a rotational speed and torque associated with the output driven member.