Patent ID: 6440024
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: F16G

Abstract:
A belt-drive continuously variable transmission comprising:a drive pulley and a driven pulley; and a belt engaged with said drive pulley and said driven pulley, and including an endless carrier and a plurality of transverse elements closely arranged on said carrier; each of said transverse elements having an edge in contact with an adjacent one of said transverse elements and pivotable about said edge relative to said adjacent one of said transverse elements in the longitudinal direction of said belt for enabling said belt to be wound around said drive pulley and said driven pulley; each of said transverse elements having converging side faces for contact with contact surfaces of said drive pulley and said driven pulley, each of said side faces, when observed in a plan view of each of said transverse elements, being protruded and curved toward each of said contact surfaces, only at a portion adjacent said edge.