Patent ID: 8100798

Claim:
An element of a belt for a continuously variable transmission, which is juxtaposed annularly in a same orientation and fastened by a ring disposed on a saddle face of the element, comprising: a stopper portion formed integrally with a neck portion erected upwardly from the saddle face to hold a width end portion of the ring, wherein: a recessed portion formed by depressing the saddle face at a corner between a side face of the neck portion and the saddle face, an inner face of the recessed portion includes a first inner face that extends from the side face of the neck portion to near a bottom portion of the recessed portion and having a first curvature radius, and a second inner face that extends from the first inner face toward the saddle face while forming the bottom portion and having a second curvature radius, the first curvature radius is larger than the second curvature radius, and the first inner face and the second inner face are concave.