Machine element or mechanism – Gearing – Plural power paths to and/or from gearing
Patent
1978-07-31
1981-12-29
Byers, Jr., Nile C.
Machine element or mechanism
Gearing
Plural power paths to and/or from gearing
74802, 74394, 74401, 74403, 74751, 744245, F16H 374
Patent
active
043076297
ABSTRACT:
A torque converter for inclusion between a driving shaft and a driven shaft. Preferably there is more than one torque generator and a gear train in parallel between the input and output shafts. The torque generators and any attached driving gears rotate about shafts whose axes are preferably symmetrically displaced about, and are stationary relative to, the axis of the input shaft. The above mentioned torque generators each preferably have a pair of radially opposed eccentrically mounted weights thereon. Preferably there are at least two pairs of weights on each torque generating train, together with means for varying the phasing between the pairs of weights. Means is also provided for accommodating slight misalignments between the shafts of the torque generating trains. Each of the torque generating trains has attached thereto at least one unidirectional clutch which allows the shafts to turn in only one direction. Means are also provided for delivering torque from the torque generating trains to the output shaft and for reversing the direction of the output shaft torque.
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Brown Roy L.
Byers Jr. Nile C.
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