Patent 9593759 was granted and assigned to Gates Corporation on March, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An adjustable flyweight pivot shaft assembly for a CVT comprising a pivot shaft, a flyweight engaged with a pivot shaft surface, an eccentric collar having a bore with an eccentric center axis, the pivot shaft engaged with the eccentric collar bore, the eccentric collar having an indexing portion, the indexing portion engagable with the receiving portion on the CVT body, the indexing portion engaging the receiving portion to lock the eccentric collar and thereby pivot shaft in a desired position with respect to the axis of rotation of the CVT.