US Patent Issued to TEAM Industries on Nov. 11 for "High-low shifting active torque management continuously variable transmission system" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,533, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TEAM Industries Inc. (Bagley, Minn.).

"High-low shifting active torque management continuously variable transmission system" was invented by Bruce H. Younggren (Bemidji, Minn.), Jordan E. Fisk (Bemidji, Minn.), Michael Allen Mueller (Bemidji, Minn.), Brandon P. Lenk (Shevlin, Minn.) and Daniel James Fullum (Bagley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-low shifting active torque management continuously variable transmission (CVT) system is provided. A primary pulley of a CVT is in operational communication with an engine. A high variable torque limiting clutch and a low variable torque li...