Toothed Chain CVT: Opportunities and Challenges 2017-01-9677
A toothed chain continuously variable transmission concept is studied. By designing positive engagement at top overdrive ratio, we explored the potential to improve CVT mechanical efficiency. The low cost solution could improve fuel economy by 0.7% in FTP composite cycle. Preliminary multi-body dynamic simulation is also completed using VL-Motion to concept-proof the technical feasibility of disengagement and engagement. To address the noise issue resulted from abandoning the random pitch design in production chain, we proposed an alternate chain pitch sequence but more experimental data is required to validate the design.
Also in:
SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems-V125-6, SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems-V126-6, SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems-V126-6EJ
Related Topics:
Continuously variable transmissions
Fuel economy
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