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Variable speed power-transmitting system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6911501
A power-transmission system for a land vehicle is described comprising: an outer structural body for mounting between a power engine and a power axle for using the power to propel the vehicle; an input shaft for connecting an engine power-delivery shaft to the system; an output shaft for connecting the system to the power axle; pistons radially slidable in a first rotor rotating about a first longitudinal axis; means for connecting the input shaft to the first rotor; pistons radially slidable in a second rotor rotating about a second longitudinal axis; means for connecting the output shaft to the second rotor; and a structural wall located between the first rotor and the second rotor and fixed to the outer body.
Assignee:
NOV; NOV-88-023545; EDB-88-155396
Patent Number(s):
US 4747269
OSTI ID:
6911501
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English