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AssigneeAisin Corporation
InventorsWataru Ishihara, Akira Ochi, Takayuki Miyake, Junichi Tokunaga
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A continuously variable transmission includes a transmission belt including a plurality of elements each including a pair of pillar portions and a ring arranged between the pair of pillar portions of each of the plurality of elements, and a lubricant supply portion arranged on an inner side of the transmission belt in a radial direction. Each of the plurality of elements further includes a pair of rocking edge portions formed away from each other in a width direction, and a non-contact portion extending between the pair of rocking edge portions in the width direction along a saddle surface. A clearance that communicates the non-contact portion and a region on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to the transmission belt is formed between the elements included in a looped portion of the transmission belt around a first or second pulley.
A continuously variable transmission including a first pulley on a driving side, a second pulley on a driven side, and a transmission belt looped around V-shaped grooves of the first and second pulleys and including a plurality of elements each including a body portion having a saddle surface and a pair of pillar portions extending from the body portion so as to be located on both sides of the saddle surface in a width direction, and a ring arranged between the pair of pillar portions of each of the plurality of elements such that the ring is in contact with the saddle surface,
A transmission belt to be looped around V-shaped grooves of first and second pulleys of a continuously variable transmission, the transmission belt comprising a plurality of elements each including a body portion having a saddle surface and a pair of pillar portions extending from the body portion so as to be located on both sides of the saddle surface in a width direction, and a ring arranged between the pair of pillar portions of each of the plurality of elements such that the ring is in contact with the saddle surface, wherein
A continuously variable transmission including a first pulley on a driving side, a second pulley on a driven side, and a transmission belt looped around V-shaped grooves of the first and second pulleys and including a plurality of elements each including a body portion having a saddle surface and a pair of pillar portions extending from the body portion so as to be located on both sides of the saddle surface in a width direction, and a ring arranged between the pair of pillar portions of each of the plurality of elements such that the ring is in contact with the saddle surface,
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