US Patent Issued to TEAM Industries on Sept. 23 for "Continuously variable transmission clutch with movable sheave actuator" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,024, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TEAM Industries Inc. (Bagley, Minn.).

"Continuously variable transmission clutch with movable sheave actuator" was invented by Brandon R. Bonham (Bemidji, Minn.) and Brian George Eck (Bemidji, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuously variable transmission (CVT) clutch is provided that includes a CVT gearing control assembly that is configured to move a movable sheave of the CVT clutch axially on a post independent of movement caused by a reactive assembly of the CVT clutch. A slave cylinder housing of the CVT gearing control assembly forms an oil chamber that includes a plurality o...