Patent ID: 6616568
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A toroidal-type continuously variable transmission, comprising:an input disk supported on a rotary shaft so as to be unrotatable with respect to said rotary shaft; an output disk supported on said rotary shaft so as to be rotatable with respect to said rotary shaft; a power roller rotatably supported on a trunnion such that said power roller is contacted with said input disk and said output disk; said trunnion having: a pair of journal portions disposed on a trunnion shaft and spaced from each other; a U-shaped eccentric portion disposed eccentric from said trunnion shaft and having two ends integrally connected to the mutually opposing end portions of said pair of journal portions; and a pivot shaft disposed in said eccentric portion for supporting said power roller in a space defined by said eccentric portion and said mutually opposing end portions of said pair of journal portions; and, a reinforcing member connecting the mutually opposing end portions of said pair of journal portions so that said power roller is interposed between said eccentric portion of said trunnion and said reinforcing member.