Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Hunton & Williams Withers & Rogers
  • Controller for a continuously variable transmission
    Patent number: 6677685
    Abstract: A clamp pressure controller for a variable ratio belt drive system for a generator is provided. The controller monitors the voltage at the output of the generator. If this falls the controller increases the clamp pressure so as to prepare the drive system for the additional torque/force it will be required to transmit. The increase in clamp pressure is rapid so as to prevent belt slip from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Goodrich Control Systems Limited
    Inventors: Dominique Lucienne Pfleger, Christopher John Adams, Stephen Mark Hearn, Raymond Richard Bomford