Flywheel driven vehicle comprising plural flywheel energizing means and a forward reverse planetary gear set

Claim 1

A flywheel drive for powering a rear axle in a wheeled vehicle comprising: (a) a shaft mounted within said vehicle in combination with a rear axle parallel to said shaft; (b) a flywheel affixed to said shaft; (c) a clutch coupled to said shaft; (d) a variable pulley connected to and driven by said clutch when engaged; (e) means for rotating the shaft and flywheel to maximum revolutions per minute with the clutch disengaged; (f) means for transferring forward motion from the shaft to the rear axle; and (g) means for transforming forward motion of said shaft to reverse motion of said axle wherein the means "f" for transferring forward motion from the shaft to the rear axle comprises: (a) an outer gear pulley; (b) a continuous drive belt placed around the variable pulley and the outer gear pulley; (c) a sun gear attached to the rear axle; (d) a plurality of pinion gears placed between the sun gear and the outer gear pulley; (e) a ring shaped pinion carrier having a set of side gear teeth and a set of outer gear teeth, the pinion gears rotatably mounted around the ring shaped pinion carrier; (f) a forward gear with teeth adapted to engage said side gear splined to the rear axle; and (g) a spring having one end affixed to the rear axle while other end biases the forward gear into the side gear teeth of the ring shaped pinion carrier so that when the clutch is engaged the continuous drive belt will turn the outer gear pulley; the pinion gears, the ring shaped pinion carrier, the sun gear and the rear axle in the same direction.