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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Team Industries, Inc., Bagley, MN (US);
Bruce H. Younggren, Bemidji, MN (US);
John E. Hamrin, Bemidji, MN (US);
Joel Dunlap, Bemidji, MN (US);
TEAM Industries, Inc., Bagley, MN (US);
Abstract
A continuously variable transmission is provided. The continuously variable transmission includes an input assembly, an output assembly, an input/output planetary ratio assembly and a torque feedback assembly. The input/output planetary ratio assembly is configured and arranged to set an input to output speed ratio. The input/output ratio assembly has a first portion that is in rotational communication with the input assembly and a second portion that is in rotational communication with the output assembly. The torque feedback control assembly provides an axial load force in response to a torque of a load coupled to the output assembly. Moreover, the torque feedback control assembly is coupled to provide torque feedback to the input/output planetary ratio assembly to at least in part control the input to output speed ratio of the input/output planetary ratio assembly.