Comment on Behold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Same
JustZ@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
It’s still a fixed ratio though?
JustZ@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Thank you for squaring me away, here.