Automatic mechanically controlled continuously-variable-ratio drive
CA 2446501 C · Owner: Lombardini S.R.L. A Socio Unico · Inventors: Borghi, Gianni
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A continuously-variable-ratio drive, having an input shaft; a flywheel integral with the input shaft; a drive pulley idle with respect to the input shaft and defined by two half-pulleys defining a groove of variable size for a V belt; and a centrifugal control assembly. The control assembly has a centrifugal actuating device which intervenes above a first threshold value of the angular speed of the input shaft to connect the drive pulley angularly to the flywheel by means of a friction clutch; and a speed adjusting device which is active over a second threshold value of the angular speed of the input shaft to adjust the size of the groove of the drive pulley and therefore the work diameter …
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- Filed October 24, 2003 and granted June 5, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 24, 2023.
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