Patent ID: 8647223

Claim:
A V-belt, comprising: a plate member having a saddle face, a column extending radially outwardly from each lateral end of the saddle face, and a flank face formed on each lateral end of the column to be contacted with a groove of a V-pulley to transmit power; and a ring disposed on the saddle face to fasten an array of the plate members being juxtaposed annularly in a manner to orient the saddle face to an outer circumferential side, wherein an angle between outer circumferential portions of the flank faces of the plate member is substantially identical to or smaller than an open angle of the groove of the V-pulley, an angle between inner circumferential portions of the flank faces of the plate member is larger than the angle between the outer circumferential portions of the flank faces of the plate member, and the inner circumferential portion of the flank face of the plate member is contacted with the groove of the V-pulley when the plate member is compressed by a load applied from the V-pulley.