Napino is developing a new age Continuous Variable ball Planetary (also referred to as CVP or NuVinci CVP) transmission system for 2W applications along with its license partner Fallbrook Technologies Inc.
The NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) device, developed and licensed by Fallbrook Technologies, is a variable ratio traction device. A bank of balls (planets) is placed in a circular array around a central sun and in contact with separate input and output discs (or traction rings).