Vehicle
    3.
    发明授权
    Vehicle 有权

    公开(公告)号:US11808350B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US17960930

    申请日:2022-10-06

    发明人: Shinji Kitano

    摘要: A vehicle includes an engine, a continuously variable transmission including an endless belt to output a power from the engine, and a transmission to which the power from the continuously variable transmission is transmitted. If the vehicle travel speed is not smaller than a first threshold value and an accelerator opening degree is not smaller than a second threshold value, a controller determines that the continuously variable transmission is being used in a belt high-load situation. If a travel distance in the belt high-load situation is not smaller than a third threshold value, the controller determines that the endless belt is deteriorated or deterioration thereof is in an advanced stage, and a deterioration message about the endless belt is displayed on a display based on an instruction from the controller. A situation in which a speed changing ratio of the continuously variable transmission is not greater than a fourth threshold value may be determined as the belt high-load situation.

    ROCKER PIN FOR A ROCKER PIN PAIR OF A PLATE LINK CHAIN

    公开(公告)号:US20230112146A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17800228

    申请日:2021-01-11

    发明人: Carsten Trautmann

    IPC分类号: F16G5/18 F16G13/08 F16H9/16

    摘要: A plate link chain includes a chain running direction, an axial direction, a radial direction, a plate link, and a rocker pin pair. Each rocker pin has a plate link side contact surface, a rolling surface, and axially opposite end faces. The end faces are inclined axially inwards from radially outside to radially inside, aligned transversely to the axial direction, and arranged for force transmitting contact with a conical pulley pair. The end faces have respective curvatures having a first curvature portion defined by a radial radius about a first axis parallel to the chain running direction, and a second curvature portion defined by an azimuthal radius about a second axis parallel to the radial direction. A magnitude of the radial radius increases from radially outside to radially central, or a magnitude of the azimuthal radius increases from forward to central with respect to the chain running direction.

    SNOWMOBILE HAVING AN AIR-COOLED CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION

    公开(公告)号:US20210380201A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:US17405563

    申请日:2021-08-18

    摘要: A snowmobile includes a frame, a tunnel, a seat, an endless track, at least one ski, a handlebar, a cowling defining an engine compartment, an engine, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) operatively connecting the engine to the endless track, and a pulley guard assembly disposed over at least a portion of the CVT. The CVT includes a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and an endless flexible member operatively connecting the primary pulley to the secondary pulley. The pulley guard assembly is disposed between the CVT and a lateral side of the cowling, and defines an air inlet. The air inlet fluidly communicates with a space defined between the pulley guard assembly and the lateral side. In some implementations, the cowling defines an air inlet. In some implementations, an air duct fluidly connects the air inlet of the cowling to the air inlet of the pulley guard assembly.

    VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE FOR AN ACCESSORY DRIVE IN A HYBRID POWER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210010415A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-14

    申请号:US16505396

    申请日:2019-07-08

    申请人: Caterpillar Inc.

    摘要: A variable drive system to drive an accessory drive of a machine is disclosed. The variable drive system may include a first variable pulley to be mechanically coupled to the accessory drive and an engine output of an engine. The variable drive system may include a second variable pulley to be mechanically coupled to a flywheel. The variable drive system may include a drive element to rotate, according to a clutch system, about the first variable pulley and the second variable pulley to at least one of: drive the second variable pulley to charge the flywheel with kinetic energy or drive the first variable pulley via kinetic energy from the flywheel.

    CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION

    公开(公告)号:US20200173552A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-04

    申请号:US16633255

    申请日:2017-08-23

    IPC分类号: F16H61/662 F16H61/30 F16H9/16

    摘要: A method controls a continuously variable transmission including: an oil pump disposed in an oil passage between a primary oil chamber and a secondary oil chamber to control a flow of oil from the secondary oil chamber to the primary oil chamber; and an oil supply source to supply oil to the secondary oil chamber, and the method includes: calculating a secondary hydraulic-pressure command value based on a required primary hydraulic pressure that is a pressure in the primary oil chamber required to transmit an input torque to an output side; and controlling the oil supply source in accordance with the secondary hydraulic-pressure command value.

    CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180304925A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-25

    申请号:US15895166

    申请日:2018-02-13

    申请人: DENNIS BRANDON

    发明人: DENNIS BRANDON

    摘要: A continuously variable transmission (CVT) system, which turns the rear wheels of a lawn mower or similar vehicle at different speeds in a coordinated method with the front steering wheels in order to achieve the best turning radius (including a tight or zero turn radius, if desired) under most conditions. The system comprises two stages: the first stage comprising a Fixed Center Distance CVT pulley system, and the second stage comprising dual CVTs (e.g., left and right) that input into dual gear reducers (left and right), which are mechanically connected to the rear wheels. The second stage dual CVTs (left and right) are synchronized with the steering wheel, thus achieving different rear wheel speeds and/or directions based on the steering wheel position.