Patent ID: 7892126

Claim:
Transverse element for a drive belt for a continuously variable transmission having two pulleys having an at least partially conical contact surface for pairwise enclosing of the drive belt, each pulley being composed of two pulley sheaves, the drive belt comprising two endless carriers and transverse elements which are placed against each other in axial direction of the drive belt, wherein two subsequent transverse elements are tiltable relative to each other about a contact line, and wherein the transverse elements on both sides are provided with a supporting surface for supporting a carrier, which supporting surface transforms into a pulley sheave contact surface being designed to abut against a contact surface of a pulley sheave, wherein a convex transition region is defined between the supporting surface and the pulley sheave contact surface and interconnects the supporting surface and the pulley sheave contact surface, and wherein the transition region comprises two parts having different curvature radii, wherein a first curvature radius of a first part at the side of the supporting surface is larger than a second curvature radius of a second part at the side of the pulley sheave contact surface.