Patent Number: 9,970,521

Title: Infinitely variable transmission

Abstract: An infinitely variable transmission includes an input differential and an output differential. The input differential and the output differential both include differentially associated forward path and reverse path gear members. The forward path gear members are meshed indirectly through an idler gear and the reverse path gear members mesh directly to cause counter-rotation of the output differential gear members. The input differential gear members are controlled by a variator so that the forward path gear members may be regulated to rotate faster than the reverse path gear members to cause forward rotation of the output shaft, or so that the forward path gear members may be regulated to rotate slower than the reverse path gear members to cause reverse rotation of the output shaft or so that the forward and reverse path gear members rotate at the same speed to make the output shaft stationary.

Inventors: Cook; Rodney Jay (Clearwater, KS)

Assignee: Rodney J. Cook and successors in trust

International Classification: F16H 15/40 (20060101); F16H 37/02 (20060101); F16H 37/08 (20060101)

Expiration Date: 2022-05-15 0:00:00