Transverse segment for a drive belt and a drive belt for a continuously variable transmission including the transverse segment and a ring stack

A transverse segment (10) for a drive belt (6) provided with a ring stack (9) consisting of a number of mutually nested bands and with a number of such transverse segments (10) that are movably arranged in a row on the ring stack (9), which transverse segment (10) defines a slot (33) for accommodating the ring stack (9), which slot (33) is bounded, in radial inward direction, by a bearing surface (42) of a base portion (13) of the transverse segment (10) for supporting the radial inside of the ring stack (9), which transverse segment (10) further comprises a part (15;

• 17) that is located radial outward of the ring stack (9) when incorporated in the drive belt (6), in which part (15;
• 17) a protrusion (40) is provided on a front surface (11) of the transverse segment (10) and a cavity (41) in an oppositely located back surface (12) thereof, characterized in that the protrusion (40) is positioned on the front surface (11) radially inward relative to the position of the cavity (41) in the back surface (12) with a radially inner side of the protrusion (40) being located radially inward relative to a radially inner side of the cavity (41).