Patent classifications
F16H37/02
POWER UNIT OF UTILITY VEHICLE
A power unit of a utility vehicle includes: a power source for travel of the utility vehicle; a continuously variable transmission; a reduced-speed shaft disposed parallel to a drive shaft of the power source and coaxially with a CVT input shaft of the continuously variable transmission; speed-reduction gears that transmit rotational power of the drive shaft to the reduced-speed shaft; and an electricity generator mounted on a shaft assembly including the CVT input shaft and the reduced-speed shaft. The drive shaft, the shaft assembly, the CVT input shaft, and the CVT output shaft extend in a first direction. The electricity generator is aligned with the power source in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the location of the electricity generator in the first direction overlaps with the location of the power source in the first direction.
Power unit of utility vehicle
A power unit of a utility vehicle includes a power source for travel of the utility vehicle, a continuously variable transmission, a gear transmission, and an output mechanism. The gear transmission includes a GT input shaft, a GT output shaft, and first and second GT intermediate shafts that transmit rotational power from the GT input shaft to the GT output shaft. The first GT intermediate shaft is disposed on one side with respect to the GT input shaft, and the second GT intermediate shaft is disposed on the other side with respect to the GT input shaft.
ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE WITH IMPROVED MOTOR EFFICIENCY
An electric motorcycle includes a transmission gear set mounted in a gearbox housing and having a power input shaft inserted through a middle block of the gearbox and a power input pulley mounted on the power input shaft, an electric motor mounted on one side of the middle block and having a motor pulley mounted on the motor shaft thereof, and a transmission belt coupled between the motor pulley and the power input pulley for enabling the electric motor to rotate the power input shaft of the transmission gear set through the transmission belt, a gear shift pedal and a gear shift axle for gear shifting, and a speed output chain gear mounted on an output shaft of the transmission gear set and driven by the output shaft to rotate the rear wheel of the electric motorcycle through a chain.
Transmission device
A transmission device that includes a first shaft, a second shaft to which torque is transmitted from the first shaft via a torque transmitting mechanism, a tubular drive gear attached to the second shaft, and a driven gear that meshes with the drive gear, wherein the drive gear includes a plurality of outer teeth that are each meshed with a corresponding one of gear teeth of the driven gear and a fitting portion that is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the drive gear and that is fitted to the second shaft so that the drive gear rotates integrally with the second shaft.
ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (EMS) FOR TRANSPORTATION REFRIGERATION UNITS (TRU)
Disclosed is a transportation unit comprising: a plurality of roadway wheels including wheel, a plurality of continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) including a first CVT and a second CVT, the plurality of CVTs receiving rotational input from the wheel, and a generator that is rotationally driven by rotational output from the plurality of CVTs, and wherein each of the plurality of CVTs is engaged over one of a corresponding plurality of discrete wheel rotational speeds.
ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (EMS) FOR TRANSPORTATION REFRIGERATION UNITS (TRU)
Disclosed is a transportation unit comprising: a plurality of roadway wheels including wheel, a plurality of continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) including a first CVT and a second CVT, the plurality of CVTs receiving rotational input from the wheel, and a generator that is rotationally driven by rotational output from the plurality of CVTs, and wherein each of the plurality of CVTs is engaged over one of a corresponding plurality of discrete wheel rotational speeds.
Electric power generating apparatus for use in aircraft
An electric power generating apparatus for use in an aircraft is an electric power generating apparatus connected through an emergency cut-off device to a gear box such that the gear box can transmit power to the electric power generating apparatus, the gear box being configured to decrease speed of rotational power of an aircraft engine. The electric power generating apparatus includes: a manual transmission configured to change the speed of the rotational power transmitted from the emergency cut-off device and including a plurality of gear stages; and an electric power generator to which the rotational power which has been changed in speed by the manual transmission is transmitted.
Actuator
Disclosed herein is an actuator. The actuator, in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, includes a motor configured to generate torque, a gear device configured to amplify the torque, a belt driving device configured to transfer the torque to the gear device, and a bracket unit configured to fix a distance between a rotation shaft of the motor and a gear shaft of the gear device, wherein the bracket unit includes a pair of support members configured to support a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a belt gear in the bracket driving device and prevent tooth disengagement of the belt gear.
Actuator
Disclosed herein is an actuator. The actuator, in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, includes a motor configured to generate torque, a gear device configured to amplify the torque, a belt driving device configured to transfer the torque to the gear device, and a bracket unit configured to fix a distance between a rotation shaft of the motor and a gear shaft of the gear device, wherein the bracket unit includes a pair of support members configured to support a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a belt gear in the bracket driving device and prevent tooth disengagement of the belt gear.
VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE FOR AN ACCESSORY DRIVE IN A HYBRID POWER SYSTEM
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.