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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
David John Burtt, Eccleston, GB;
David John Burtt, Eccleston, GB;
Torotrak (Development) Limited, Leyland, Lancashire, GB;
Abstract
A variator has an input shaft (), an input disc () mounted coaxially with the input shaft and rotatable by the input shaft, an output disc () facing the input shaft () and being mounted coaxially with the input disc, a toroidal cavity defined between the input and output discs and a plurality of rollers () located in the toroidal cavity, in rolling contact with the input and output discs (), each of the rollers being mounted on a roller carriage (). The variator has means () for applying an end load to the variator to urge the rollers () into contact with the input and output discs () and resiliently deformable means for applying a reaction force to each of the roller carriages.