Comment on Behold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Same
JustZ@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I was just learning about CVJ gearing the other day and was thinking cars should use it instead of fixed gear ratios. Very cool.
Comment on Behold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Same
JustZ@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I was just learning about CVJ gearing the other day and was thinking cars should use it instead of fixed gear ratios. Very cool.
Litron3000@feddit.de 9 months ago
It’s still a fixed ratio though?
JustZ@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh I was looking at constant velocity transmissions. Similar concept to the uniwheel, as far as the gearing. As least, if I understand it correctly.
brianorca@lemmy.world 9 months ago
When transmissions are discussed, the acronym CV stands for continuously variable. (As opposed to a transmission with 3-5 discrete gear ratios.) But yes, some CVT designs do use planetary gears, especially for hybrid gas-electric models.
CVJ = constant velocity joint
CVT = continuously variable transmission
JustZ@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Thank you for squaring me away, here.