Generating apparatus with an adjustable speed change mechanism

Patent · Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6660542

Kaneyuki, K

A generating apparatus is described comprising: a charging generator having a rotating input shaft; a rotating input body adapted to be connected to a motor so as to be rotated thereby, the rotating input body comprising a cylindrical body surrounding the input shaft; an adjustable speed change mechanism comprising a planetary cone reduction gear housed within the rotating input body and operatively associated with the rotating input body and the input shaft of the charging generator so as to transmit rotational force from the rotating input body to the input shaft. The planetary cone reduction gear comprises: a cone support ring mounted on the input shaft and adapted to rotate with respect thereto, a plurality of planetary cones having stems which are rotatably mounted on the cone support ring, the axis of each of the planetary cones being disposed such that a line which is parallel to the input shaft can be drawn from the vertex of each cone to its base along its top surface, a stationary guide ring which surrounds the input shaft and frictionally engages the peripheral surfaces of the stems of the planetary cones, a speed change ring surrounding the input shaft and having an inner surface frictionally engaging the top surfaces of the planetary cones. The speed change ring is supported by the rotating input body so as to rotate together with the input body and adapted to move in the axial direction of the input body with respect thereto.

• Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
• Patent Number(s): US 4651082
• OSTI ID: 6660542
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 1 Apr 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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