You may have seen this, I thought it was a little different from some. I'm not sure what manufacturer it comes from.
http://videos.streetfire.net/v...6.htm
More CVT tidbits:No More Gears: A Timeline of CVT Innovation1490 - da Vinci sketches a stepless continuously variable transmission 1886 - first toroidal CVT patent filed 1935 - Adiel Dodge receives U.S. patent for toroidal CVT 1939 - fully automatic transmission based on planetary gear system introduced 1958 - Daf (of The Netherlands) produces a CVT in a car 1989 - Subaru Justy GL is the first U.S.-sold production automobile to offer a CVT 2002 - Saturn Vue with a CVT debuts; first Saturn to offer CVT technology 2004 - Ford begins offering a CVT
So Da Vinci created our transmission
