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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Robert Hornblower Meyer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert Hornblower Meyer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A drive mechanism includes an input member rotatable about an input axis of rotation. The input member includes a partial spheroid-shaped input traction surface. The drive mechanism further includes an output member rotatable about an output axis of rotation. The output member includes a partial spheroid-shaped output traction surface. A ring member overlays the input and output members. The ring member is rotatable in a rotational plane and includes a ring traction surface that engages the input traction surface of the input member and the output traction surface of the output member to rotatably couple the input member to the output member.