摘要 |
A continuously variable transmission including a rotatable scroll having an axis of rotation and having upper and lower faces, the upper and lower faces each being conical and each having a pitch, the rotatable scroll being alternately upwardly and downwardly skewable along its axis of rotation, the pitches of the upper and lower faces respectively decreasing and increasing upon upward skewing of the rotatable scroll, the pitches of the upper and lower faces respectively increasing and decreasing upon downward skewing of the rotatable scroll; including upper and lower rotatable wheels, each having an axis of rotation and each having a forward face, each forward face being conical; and including a support frame pivotally and rotatably mounting the upper and lower rotatable wheels with respect to the rotatable scroll, the support frame enabling pivotable motion of the upper and lower rotatable wheels to alternately upwardly and downwardly skew the rotatable scroll, the support frame further enabling the upper and lower rotatable wheels to rotate and counter rotate against the rotatable scroll's upper and lower conical faces.
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