Gilbert Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Hmmmm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I'll guess at a two-stage continuously variable transmission with a torque converter. Wm McD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I'll guess at a two-stage continuously variable transmission with a torque converter. Well, I've always suspected you read a lot! I googled CVTs quite a bit but didn't see exactly that. It looks small for an auto tranny if that's what you were thinking, and the donutoid isn't big enough anyway, couldn't hold a stator (maybe it's a small clutch). OTOH, the U-joint type doohickeys (sp?) look like they could be power rollers in a CVT. I only see a rotation connection on one end, so maybe the gear is the other end of a transmission. I'll bet you're right, maybe for some high speed rotating device.When is Gilbert going to spring the answer for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Chastity belt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Could be for a motor cycle? That would explain the size thing. Wm McD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I'm still trying to figure out whether the chain sprocket is a drive gear or is driven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 It's a doohickie thingamajig...or a groovy new wankel rotary engine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 2nd. Hint In just a little over a year, Formula One teams have collectively invested close to $500 million on this little gadget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I'm backing off my theroy that is a torque converter. Probably just the convex side of the disk. This is certainly a variation of the torodial continuously variable transmission. You can Google around. The concept goes back to the 1800's I share C's questions about what seems to be a center element which has gear teeth. Wm McD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted March 16, 2009 Moderators Share Posted March 16, 2009 Its a contraption to change a nascar fan into a formula 1 fan, that's why there all smiling, the hardest part was making it remove the ice chest full of beer ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/kers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 2nd. Hint In just a little over a year, Formula One teams have collectively invested close to $500 million on this little gadget. Is it Bernie Madoff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Chastity belt He said "contraption," not "contraception!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 It reminds me of a "Torsen" rear wheel drive differential for equal torque to both wheels while allowing to go independently around turns but the spoke gear is for like bikes or motor cycles. But I like the CVT answer better as this would eliminate constant burden of shifting gears. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I cheated and had to look it up. I wasn't thinking "bikes" when you said "Formula One". And no, I wouldn't have ever guessed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 But I like the CVT answer better as this would eliminate constant burden of shifting gears. Normally there's 2 cone shaped objects and some sort of belt in CVT's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 There's more than one kind of CVT according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuously_variable_transmission and http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cvt.htm, and most don't use belts. There are toroidal (which look a little like this one and use "power rollers"), and hydraulic among others. Bob Crites nailed the item and pic, but I still don't understand what it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 But I like the CVT answer better as this would eliminate constant burden of shifting gears. Normally there's 2 cone shaped objects and some sort of belt in CVT's. Like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Like this? Badaboom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I..uh..I..uh... a power station, is it? (apologies to Monty Python) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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