US PATENT SUBCLASS 476 / 62
.~ Centrifugal actuator


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476 /   HD   FRICTION GEAR TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS OR COMPONENTS

61  DF  CONDITION RESPONSIVE MEANS TO VARY CONTACT PRESSURE {2}
62.~ Centrifugal actuator


DEFINITION

Classification: 476/62

Centrifugal actuator:

(under subclass 61) Subject matter wherein said means include a mass rotatable about an axis with a member of said friction transmission; and wherein a component of force acting on said mass by said rotation in a direction away from said rotational axis is used to move a transmission component by said mass to increase said frictional contact pressure. [figure]