Patent ID: 6857980

Claim:
Transverse element for a drive belt for a continuously variable transmission having two pulleys having an at least partially conical contact surface which is designed for contacting opposite sides of the drive belt, wherein each pulley includes two pulley sheaves, wherein the drive belt comprises two endless carriers and transverse elements which are placed against each other in axial direction of the drive belt, wherein the transverse elements are provided with two supporting surfaces for supporting a carrier, wherein each supporting surface turns into a pulley sheave contact surface being designed to abut against a contact surface of a pulley sheave on the one side, and into a side surface of a neck portion of the transverse element on the other side, through a transition region, wherein at least a portion of the neck portion tapers towards the supporting surfaces, such that the neck portion has a smallest transverse dimension near the supporting surfaces, and wherein an angle being present between a side surface of the neck portion and an imaginary line being orientated perpendicular to the adjacent supporting surface is larger than an angle being present between the carriers at a maximum angular displacement in transverse direction and the supporting surface.