US 11,796,042 B2
Continuously variable transmission
Yongfeng Tang, Weihai (CN); and Yuning Tang, Weihai (CN)
Assigned to WEIHAI TUANZHONG TRANSMISSION CO., LTD., Weihai (CN)
Appl. No. 17/430,618
Filed by WEIHAI TUANZHONG TRANSMISSION CO., LTD., Weihai (CN)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/074340
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/168910, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910128090.5 (CN), filed on Feb. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107017 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. F16H 47/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 47/12 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A continuously variable transmission provided with an outer housing, characterized in that, an intermediate housing is provided in the middle of the outer housing, a first end cover and a second end cover are respectively provided on both sides of the intermediate housing, the inside of the intermediate housing is a cavity structure, and the cavity inside the intermediate housing and insides of the first end cover and the second end cover form an inner cavity;
a first shaft penetrates in the middle of the first end cover, the inside of the first shaft is a hollow structure, the first shaft is rotatably connected to the first end cover, a first sun gear is fixedly provided on the first shaft, the first sun gear is located adjacent the first end cover, the first sun gear is adjacently provided with a first support frame, a first planet gear is provided on an outer circumference of the first sun gear, the first planet gear is engaged with the first sun gear, and the first planet gear and the first sun gear constitute a first planet gear set;
a second shaft penetrates in the middle of the second end cover, the second shaft is rotatably connected to the second end cover, a second sun gear is fixedly provided on the second shaft, the second sun gear is located adjacent the second end cover, the second sun gear is adjacently provided with a second support frame, a second planet gear is provided on an outer circumference of the second sun gear, the second planet gear is engaged with the second sun gear, and the second planet gear and the second sun gear constitute a second planet gear set;
a bucket wheel sun gear is provided adjacent the first support frame, a third support frame is adjacently provided inside the bucket wheel sun gear, a bucket wheel planet gear is provided on an outer circumference of the bucket wheel sun gear, the bucket wheel planet gear is engaged with the bucket wheel sun gear, and the bucket wheel planet gear and the bucket wheel sun gear constitute a bucket wheel planet gear set;
a bucket wheel planet gear shaft is fixedly provided in the middle of the bucket wheel planet gear, the inside of the bucket wheel planet gear shaft is a hollow structure, the bucket wheel planet gear shaft passes through the third support frame, the bucket wheel planet gear shaft is rotatably connected to the third support frame, a bucket wheel is fixedly provided on the bucket wheel planet gear shaft passing through the third support frame, the bucket wheel is located between the second support frame and the third support frame;
a third shaft is fixedly provided in the middle of the bucket wheel sun gear, the third shaft penetrates through the first support frame and the first shaft whose inside is a hollow structure, and the third shaft is rotatably connected to the first support frame; and
a planet gear shaft is fixedly provided in the middle of the first planet gear, the planet gear shaft passes through the first support frame, the hollow bucket wheel planet gear shaft and the second support frame, the planet gear shaft is rotatably connected to the first support frame and the second support frame respectively, and the planet gear shaft passing through the first support frame, the hollow bucket wheel planet gear shaft and the second support frame is fixedly connected to the second planet gear.