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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
Orbital Traction, Ltd., Houston, TX (US);
Joseph D. Kliewer, Houston, TX (US);
Mark M. Koeroghlian, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Orbital Traction, Ltd., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A continuously variable transmission includes a radially inner race, having a first radially inner race structure and a second radially inner race structure spaced along an axis wherein at least one of the first radially inner race structure or the second radially inner race structure is axially movable. The transmission further includes a radially outer race, having a first radially outer race structure and a second radially outer race structure spaced along an axis wherein at least one of the first radially outer race structure or the second radially outer race structure is axially movable, planetary members in rolling contact with the radially inner races and the radially outer races, and an outer race assembly that includes a hydraulic cavity housing, a hydraulic cavity sealed between the hydraulic cavity housing and the first radially outer race structure to control axial movement of the first radially outer race structure.