Patent ID: 6755760
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: F16G

Abstract:
A belt for a continuously variable transmission, which comprises a metal ring assembly comprising a plurality of endless metal rings laminated one on another, and a large number of metal elements each having a ring slot into which the metal ring assembly is fitted, said belt being wound around a drive pulley and a driven pulley to transmit a driving force between both of the pulleys,each of the metal elements having a projection and a recess provided on front and rear surfaces thereof for engaging with preceding and succeeding ones of the metal elements, respectively, wherein when the size of a first vertical clearance between the projection and the recess of the metal element is represented by CLNH; a thickness of the metal ring assembly is represented by TL; and a vertical opening of the ring slot is represented by D, the following expression is established: (CLNH/TL)+1<D/TLmm/TL)+1.