Patent ID: 7066859

Claim:
Belt ( 1 ) for use in a continuously variable transmission, comprising: at least one set ( 7 ) of nested metal rings ( 2 ), the rings ( 2 ) of the set ( 7 ) being accommodated with small mutual play between each pair of adjacent rings ( 2 ); and transverse elements ( 3 , 6 ) provided slidably along the set ( 7 ), wherein, the set ( 7 ) interacts with the transverse elements ( 3 , 6 ), and a thickness of at least an innermost ring ( 2 ) of the set ( 7 ) and an outermost ring of the set are each less than the thickness of in-between intermediate rings ( 2 ) of the set ( 7 ) intermediate the innermost ring ( 2 ) and the outermost ring of the set ( 7 ).