Patent ID: 9051992
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: F16G

Abstract:
1. A silent chain comprising: a plurality of guide rows; a plurality of non-guide rows; and a plurality of rocker pins that couple each of the guide rows and each of the non-guide rows adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction such that the guide row and the non-guide row are bendable, the guide row being formed of a pair of guide plates and one or more first plates disposed between the pair of guide plates in a width direction, the non-guide row being formed of a plurality of second plates disposed between the pair of guide plates in the width direction, each of the plurality of rocker pins being formed of a long pin that is inserted into a guide pin hole of each of the guide plates, a first pin hole of each of the first plates, and a second pin hole of each of the second plates, and a short pin that is inserted into the first pin hole and the second pin hole and is shorter than the long pin, the long pin and the short pin extending through all of the first plates of each guide row and all of the second plates of each non-guide row in the width direction, first and second adjacent plates as a pair of the second plates adjacent to first and second guide plates as the pair of guide plates in the width direction being provided with first and second contact portions respectively, the short pin being provided with a first stopper capable of coming into contact with the first contact portion toward a first direction in the width direction, and a second stopper capable of coming into contact with the second contact portion toward a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first end surface of the short pin being prevented from being positioned in the second pin hole of the first adjacent plate by contact between the first stopper and the first contact portion, and a second end surface of the short pin being prevented from being positioned in the second pin hole of the second adjacent plate by contact between the second stopper and the second contact portion.