IP Library Granted Patent US 11,624,427
Granted Patent B2
US 11,624,427 · App. 16/725,298 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Continuously variable transmission

Inventors: Seiji Itoo (Akashi, JP); Yasuhiro Kuji (Kako-gun, JP); Shouji Ozawa (Kakogawa, JP); Kaoru Oda (Akashi, JP); Ryosuke Fujino (Kobe, JP); Hisashi Takeuchi (Akashi, JP); Manabu Hidaka (Nishinomiya, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
F16H9/125F16H9/14
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Patent No.
US 11,624,427
App. No.
16/725,298
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spider is screwed to a drive shaft, includes a first screw that advances in one direction of an axial direction of the drive shaft when the spider rotates relative to the drive shaft in one direction of a circumferential direction, and is fastened to the drive shaft by the first screw. A nut is screwed to the drive shaft, includes a second screw that advances in the other direction of the axial direction of the drive shaft when the nut rotates relative to the drive shaft in one direction of the circumferential direction, and is fastened to the drive shaft by the second screw.

Claims (23)

1. A continuously variable transmission comprising:

a drive shaft that is driven to be rotated by driving a drive source;

a drive pulley that includes a fixed sheave which is attached to the drive shaft and is fixed to the drive shaft in an axial direction and a circumferential direction and a movable sheave which is fixed to the drive shaft in the circumferential direction and is relatively movable in the axial direction;

a driven shaft that is driven according to rotation of the drive shaft;

a driven pulley that is attached to the driven shaft;

a belt that is wound between the drive pulley and the driven pulley; and

a drive-pulley thrust generating mechanism that moves the movable sheave relative to the drive shaft on the drive shaft,

wherein the drive-pulley thrust generating mechanism includes a centrifugal weight that is rotatable relative to the movable sheave according to centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the drive shaft, a spider that includes an abutting portion on which the centrifugal weight abuts, is fixed to the drive shaft in the axial direction and the circumferential direction through screwing, and moves the movable sheave relative to the drive shaft in the axial direction according to rotation of the centrifugal weight, and a nut that is disposed adjacent to the spider in the axial direction at a position on a side on which the screwing of the spider is loosened, and is fixed to the drive shaft in the axial direction and the circumferential direction through screwing,

the spider is screwed to the drive shaft, includes a first screw that advances in one direction of the axial direction of the drive shaft when the spider rotates relative to the drive shaft in one direction of the circumferential direction, and is fastened to the drive shaft by the first screw,

the nut is screwed to the drive shaft, includes a second screw that advances in the other direction of the axial direction of the drive shaft when the nut rotates relative to the drive shaft in the one direction of the circumferential direction, and is fastened to the drive shaft by the second screw, and

the nut is disposed at a position that is, in the axial direction of the drive shaft, closer to the centrifugal weight than a farthest part of the spider from the centrifugal weight.

2. The continuously variable transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

the spider includes, at its inner part as seen in a radial direction of the drive shaft, a recess that is recessed toward the centrifugal weight in the axial direction of the drive shaft, and

the nut is accommodated in the recess.

3. A continuously variable transmission comprising:

a drive shaft that is driven to be rotated by driving a drive source;

a drive pulley that includes a fixed sheave which is attached to the drive shaft and is fixed to the drive shaft in an axial direction and a circumferential direction and a movable sheave which is fixed to the drive shaft in the circumferential direction and is relatively movable in the axial direction;

a driven shaft that is driven according to rotation of the drive shaft;

a driven pulley that is attached to the driven shaft;

a belt that is wound between the drive pulley and the driven pulley; and

a drive-pulley thrust generating mechanism that moves the movable sheave relative to the drive shaft on the drive shaft,

wherein the drive-pulley thrust generating mechanism includes a centrifugal weight that is rotatable relative to the movable sheave according to centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the drive shaft, a spider that includes an abutting portion on which the centrifugal weight abuts, is fixed to the drive shaft in the axial direction and the circumferential direction through screwing, and moves the movable sheave relative to the drive shaft in the axial direction according to rotation of the centrifugal weight, and a retaining member that is disposed adjacent to the spider in the axial direction at a position on a side on which the screwing of the spider is loosened, and is fixed to the drive shaft in the axial direction and the circumferential direction, and

the retaining member is disposed at a position that is, in the axial direction of the drive shaft, closer to the centrifugal weight than a farthest part of the spider from the centrifugal weight.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059630/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2019
From: ITOO, SEIJI; KUJI, YASUHIRO; OZAWA, SHOUJI; ODA, KAORU; FUJINO, RYOSUKE; TAKEUCHI, HISASHI; HIDAKA, MANABU
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051357/0531 →
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