Continuously variable transmission

A continuously variable transmission comprising:

• an input shalt connected to a motor;
• an output shaft arranged in parallel with the input shaft;
• a discoidal input disk that is provided in the input shaft and has an outer circumferential edge arranged close to the output shaft;
• a discoidal output disk that is provided in the output shaft and has an outer circumferential edge arranged close to the input shaft;
• a pair of pressing units provided movably along a shaft center connecting line obtained by connecting a shaft center of the input shaft and a shaft center of the output shaft in a disk overlapping area where the input disk and the output disk are overlapped, so that a torque transmission contact portion is formed by clamping and pressing both the disks in a position corresponding to a target shift ratio to elastically deform both the disks;
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• a pair of support units that extend to intersect with the shaft center connecting line, support the pressing units by using one end side as a fulcrum, are configured to move along the shaft center connecting line in synchronization with the pressing units, and are configured to generate a force for clamping and pressing both the disks using the pressing units by virtue of a clamping force applied to the other end side.