US Patent Issued to enviolo on March 17 for "Rocker link shifting system for a continuously variable transmission" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,947, issued on March 17, was assigned to enviolo B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Rocker link shifting system for a continuously variable transmission" was invented by Jon M. Nichols (Georgetown, Texas) and Siddhesh Ozarkar (Leander, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speed ratio adjusting mechanism for a continuously variable planetary (CVP) drive comprises a shift driver engaging a rocker gear, the rocker gear being rotatably coupled to an input carrier using a journal and rotatably coupled to a rocker link with a revolute joint. The rocker link is coupled to an end of a planet axle, wherein rotation of the shift driver rotates the rocker g...