MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414098394 A) filed by Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2024, for 'continuously variable transmission and straddled vehicle including same.'

Inventor(s) include Kyohei Fujikura; and Ippei Tanaka.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present continuously variable transmission (15) includes a rotational shaft (22), a movable sheave (57), and a position detecting mechanism (100); the movable sheave (57) being supported by the rotational shaft (22) to be movable in the axial direction of the rotational...