Patent ID: 6346058
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: F16G

Abstract:
An endless flexible torque-transmitting device that runs in an endless loop around a first pair of conical disks and a second pair of conical disks in a torque-flow path of a continuously variable transmission of a motor vehicle, with pairs of force-transfer elements that are oriented transverse to a running direction of the endless flexible torque-transmitting device and pass through openings of links that are parallel to the running direction of the endless flexible torque-transmitting device, so that the force-transfer-elements form articulated joints between the links, comprising the improvement that each link has only one opening, and four force-transfer elements are passing through the opening of each link, so that the force-transfer elements are not coupled to each other within the entire range of movement that the force-transfer elements perform in relation to each other, and at least individual pairs of force-transfer elements are coupled to each other by means of at least one holder element, so that the force-transfer elements of each individual pair are in mutual contact with each other at least over a partial range of their movement in relation to each other.