Archery cam product—system that hooks cam-to-cam

1. A compound archery bow comprising:

a compound bow frame comprising a rigid handle section having a rearwardly projecting upper flexible limb and a rearwardly-projecting lower flexible limb;

a bowstring and first and second power cords;

an upper cam assembly rotatably supported at a free end of the upper flexible limb, the upper cam assembly comprising:

an upper bowstring pulley having an upper bowstring let-out track;

a first power cord take-up track; and

a second power cord let-out track which does not operate to take up the first power cord;

a lower cam assembly rotatably supported at a free end of the lower flexible limb, the lower cam assembly comprising:

a lower bowstring pulley having a lower bowstring let-out track;

a second power cord take-up track; and

a first power cord let-out track which does not operate to take up the second power cord;

the upper bowstring let-out track and the lower bowstring let-out track being aligned in a first bowstring plane; and

the first power cord take-up and let-out track and the second power cord take-up and let-out track being aligned in a second plane.

2. The archery bow of claim 1 , wherein:

each power cord take-up track further comprises a take-up cam module attached to the upper or lower bowstring pulley, respectively; and

each power cord let-out track further comprises a separate let-out cam module attached to the upper or lower bowstring pulley, respectively.

3. The archery bow of claim 2 , wherein each take-up cam module is nested between a let-out cam module and an axis of rotation of the upper or lower bowstring pulley, respectively.

4. The archery bow of claim 2 , wherein each take-up cam module is removably attached to the upper and lower bowstring pulleys, respectively, for replacement with a take-up cam modules of differing size.

5. The archery bow of claim 2 , wherein each take-up cam module is adjustably attached to the upper and lower bowstring pulleys, respectively, to provide adjustment of the draw length of the bowstring.

6. The archery bow of claim 1 , wherein each power cord take-up track and let-out track are formed in a edge surface of a planar cam module attached to a side of a bowstring pulley.

7. The archery bow of claim 6 , wherein a shape of a cam module is selected from the group of shapes consisting of round, eccentric and non-circular.

8. The archery bow of claim 6 , wherein the shape of a cam module on the upper cam assembly is a mirror image of the shape of a corresponding cam module on the lower cam assembly.

9. The archery bow of claim 1 , further comprising a guide rod coupled to a guide section of the frame for slidably supporting a power cord harness thereon, wherein the power cord harness separates the first power cord and second power cord into spaced-apart guiding planes to avoid contact between the first power cord and second power cord.

10. The compound archery bow of claim 1 , wherein the second power cord let-out track is integral with and fixedly attached to the upper bowstring pulley and the first power cord let-out track is integral with and fixedly attached to the lower cam bowstring pulley.

11. The compound archery bow of claim 1 , wherein the bowstring pulley further comprises a draw stop for preventing the cam assembly for overrotating when pulled into a drawn position.

12. The compound archery bow of claim 11 , wherein the bowstring pulley further comprises a slot and wherein the draw stop is slidably retained within the slot.

13. The compound archery bow of claim 1 , wherein the first power cord take-up track comprises a first portion of a continuous track fixedly attached to the bowstring pulley and the second power cord let-out track comprises a second portion of the continuous track.

14. The compound archery bow of claim 1 , wherein the first power cord take-up track does not operate to let out the second power cord and wherein the second power cord take-up track does not operate to let out the first power cord.

15. A compound archery bow comprising:

a compound bow frame comprising a rigid handle section having a rearward-projecting upper flexible limb and a rearward-projecting lower flexible limb;

an upper cam assembly rotatably supported at a free end of the upper flexible limb, the upper cam assembly comprising:

an upper bowstring pulley having a bowstring let-out means;

a first power cord take-up means; and

a second power cord let-out means;

a lower cam assembly rotatably supported at a free end of the lower flexible limb, the lower cam assembly comprising:

a lower bowstring pulley having a bowstring let-out means;

a second power cord take-up means; and

a first power cord let-out means; and

at least one rotator splitter operably connecting a power cord to a mid-section of a splitter cord having an outside end and an inside end, the outside end being coupled to at least one power cord let-out means or take-up means and the inside end being coupled to the free end of the supporting limb.

16. The archery bow of claim 15 , wherein the at least one rotator splitter further comprises a rotating roller.

17. The archery bow of claim 15 , wherein the upper bowstring let-out means and the lower bowstring let-out means are aligned in a first plane, the first power cord and second power cord take-up means are aligned in a second plane, and the first power cord and second power cord let-out means are aligned in a third plane.

18. A cam assembly for mounting on an axel disposed on a free end of a flexible limb of a compound archery bow comprising a bowstring and first and second power cords such that the cam assembly rotates about the axel when the compound archery bow is drawn to a firing position, the cam assembly comprising:

a bowstring pulley having a bowstring let-out track comprising a first plane;

a first power cord take-up track operable to take up the first power cord when the compound archery bow is drawn to a firing position; and

a second power cord let-out track fixedly attached to the bowstring pulley, the second power cord let-out track operable to let out the second power cord when the compound archery bow is drawn to a firing position and not operable to take up the first power cord when the compound archery bow is drawn to a firing position, wherein the first power cord take-up track and the second power cord let-out track are aligned together in a second plane, and wherein the second power cord let-out track is concentric with the axel and an axis of rotation of the cam assembly.

19. The cam assembly of claim 18 , wherein the bowstring pulley further comprises a draw stop for preventing the cam assembly for overrotating when the compound archery bow is pulled into a drawn position.

20. The cam assembly of claim 19 , wherein the bowstring pulley further comprises a slot and wherein the draw stop is slidably retained within the slot.

21. The cam assembly bow of claim 18 , wherein the first power cord take-up track comprises a first portion of a continuous track fixedly attached to the bowstring pulley and the second power cord let-out track comprises a second portion of the continuous track.

22. A compound archery bow comprising:

a compound bow frame comprising a rigid handle section having rearward-projecting upper and lower flexible limbs;

an upper cam assembly rotatably supported at a free end of the upper flexible limb, the first cam assembly comprising an upper bowstring let-out track, a first power cord take-up track, and a second power cord let-out track;

a lower cam assembly rotatably supported at a free end of the lower flexible limb, the lower cam assembly comprising a lower bowstring let-out track, a second power cord take-up track; and a first power cord let-out track; and

at least one rotator splitter operably connecting a power cord to a mid-section of a splitter cord having an outside end and an inside end, the outside end being coupled to one of the power cord let-out track or the power cord take-up track.

23. The compound archery bow of claim 22 , wherein the upper cam assembly comprises two second power cord let-out tracks and wherein the outside end of the splitter cord is coupled to one of the second power cord let-out tracks and the inside end of the splitter cord is coupled to the other second power cord let-out track.

24. The compound archery bow of claim 22 , wherein the upper cam assembly comprises two first power cord take-up tracks and wherein the outside end of the splitter cord is coupled to one of the first power cord take-up tracks and the inside end of the splitter cord is coupled to the other first power cord take-up track.

25. The compound archery bow of claim 22 , wherein the lower cam assembly comprises two first power cord let-out tracks and wherein the outside end of the splitter cord is coupled to one of the first power cord let-out tracks and the inside end of the splitter cord is coupled to the other first power cord let-out track.

26. The compound archery bow of claim 22 , wherein the lower cam assembly comprises two second power cord take-up tracks and wherein the outside end of the splitter cord is coupled to one of the second power cord take-up tracks and the inside end of the splitter cord is coupled to the other second power cord take-up track.