Patent ID: 6875143

Claim:
A transmission belt ( 4 ) for a continuously variable transmission ( 1 ), comprising: transverse elements ( 5 ); and an endless carrier ( 9 ) for keeping together the transverse elements ( 5 ), each transverse element ( 5 ) provided with a convexly curved, non-circular rocking edge ( 12 ) extending between an essentially flat principal plane ( 11 ) and a recessed radially inner part ( 6 ), the rocking edge defined by a curvature for allowing neighbouring transverse elements ( 5 ) to mutually tilt about a substantially axially oriented contact line ( 7 ) over a tilting angle (α), so that a part of the belt ( 4 ) may pass along a longitudinally bent trajectory, wherein, the curvature of the rocking edge ( 12 ) is defined by a plurality of radii (R) that continuously increase in a radially inward direction, and the curvature of the rocking edge ( 12 ) notionally displaces the contact line ( 7 ) in dependence on the tilting angle (α, β).