CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION HAS HIGH POWER DENSITY

Engineers at Vadetec Corp. have developed a mechanical continuously variable transmission with power density sufficient for motor vehicle use. The special traction drive transmits power over a speed ratio range from 0 to 1:1. It opens possibilities for new driveline types in piston-engined vehicles, and also for powertrains based on gas turbines, flywheel hybrids, and electric hybrids. Lack of such a transmission has been a major obstacle to development of these alternative-engined vehicles.

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• Publication Date: 1979-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 44-47
• Serial:
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0098-2571

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Continuously variable transmissions; Electric power transmission; Electric vehicles; Flywheels; Gas turbines; Hybrid vehicles; Transmissions; Turbine engines
• Old TRIS Terms: Power systems
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00324872
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM