Patent ID: 9714690
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: F16G

Claim:
1. A metal belt for a continuously variable transmission, the metal belt, which is wound around a drive pulley and a driven pulley and transmits a driving force between the two pulleys, comprising a pair of metal ring assemblies that are arranged side by side in a width direction and a large number of metal elements that are latched to the pair of metal ring assemblies in a state in which the metal elements are stacked in a fore-and-aft direction, the metal element comprising a pair of ring slots with which the pair of metal ring assemblies engage, a neck part that is positioned between the pair of ring slots, a body part on which is formed a saddle face that is continuous with a radially inner side of the neck part and supports an inner peripheral face of the pair of metal ring assemblies, and an ear part that is continuous with a radially outer side of the neck part and opposes an outer peripheral face of the pair of metal ring assemblies, and a rocking edge being provided at the radially outer end of a front face of the body part, the rocking edge being a fulcrum for pitching of the metal element, wherein the metal element has a nose projecting forward at a front face thereof, and has a hole at a rear face thereof, the hole being capable of being fitted with a nose of the adjacent rear metal element, a recess is formed in a rear face of the neck part, and the height in a radial direction of a radially inner end of the recess coincides substantially with the height in a radial direction of the rocking edge.