Method and device for manufacturing endless metal ring, and endless metal ring
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoji Nishida, Ichiro Aoto, Ryo Adomi
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an endless metal ring by cutting an annular member made of maraging steel containing molybdenum into a ring element having a predetermined width, wherein a melted-solidified layer is formed on an outer circumference of the annular member, and the melted-solidified layers are arranged to be continuous in a circumferential direction of the ring element.
Claims12
A method of manufacturing an endless metal ring by cutting an annular member made of maraging steel containing molybdenum into a ring element having a predetermined width,
- wherein the method includes forming a melted-solidified layer on an outer circumference of the annular member so that the melted-solidified layer is arranged to be continuous in a circumferential direction.
An endless metal ring to be used in a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle,
- wherein the endless metal ring is made of low carbon alloy steel containing molybdenum, and
- a ring element is melted and solidified over an entire circumference or in a part continuous in a circumferential direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.