Patent ID: 6406395
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: F16G

Abstract:
A belt for a continuously variable transmission including pulleys each having a V-face contact surface and a rotary shaft, said belt comprising a plurality of metal elements having contact surfaces for contacting the V-face contact surface, a pair of metal ring assemblies having a plurality of layered sheets of endless metal rings, said belt being wrapped around the pulley for transmitting a driving force thereto, wherein the contacting part between the pulley contact surfaces of said metal elements and the V-face of the pulley is lubricated by lubricating oil supplied from said rotary shaft of the pulley, and wherein an inner end in the radial direction of a lateral middle part of said metal element protrudes inwards in the radial direction from the level of an inner end in the radial direction of the pulley contact surfaces formed at opposite ends in the lateral direction of the metal elements.