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US 10,295,016 B2Granted
Plate link chain
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsKonstantin Braun, Stephan Penner, Alaa Harmouch, Jürgen Ochs
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Abstract
A plate link chain for a continuously variable transmission of a motor vehicle. The chain is formed from longer and shorter chain links that are formed from and that include respective longer and shorter link plates that are coupled to each other by pairs of rocker pressure members. Both the shorter link plates and the longer link plates have at least one longitudinally extending external appendage.
Claims14
A plate link chain for a continuously variable transmission of a motor vehicle, said plate link chain comprising:
- longer and shorter chain links that include respective longer and shorter link plates that are coupled to each other by pairs of rocker pressure members, wherein both the shorter link plates and the longer link plates have more than two longitudinally extending external appendages located at external corner regions of the shorter link plates and the longer link plates.
A link plate for a motor vehicle chain comprising:
- a left link plate side strap comprising a first upper end and a first lower end;
- a right link plate side strap comprising a second upper end and a second lower end;
- an upper link plate strap, longer than the left link plate side strap and the right link plate side strap, joining the first upper end to the second upper end;
- a lower link plate strap, longer than the left link plate side strap and the right link plate side strap, joining the first lower end to the second lower end;
- and,
- at least two longitudinally extending external appendages that extend along and effectively elongate the upper link plate strap, the lower link plate strap, or both of the upper link plate strap and the lower link plate strap.
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