Drive pulley for continuously variable transmission, continuously variable transmission, and off-road vehicle

A continuously variable transmission comprising:

• a drive pulley receiving torque from a drive source;
• a driven pulley outputting the torque to a drive wheel;
• and
• a belt wound between the drive pulley and the driven pulley,
• wherein the drive pulley includes
• a drive shaft,
• a fixed sheave fixed to the drive shaft in an axial direction and a circumferential direction,
• a movable sheave movable in the axial direction relative to the drive shaft and fixed to the drive shaft in the circumferential direction,
• a spider fixed to the drive shaft in the axial direction and the circumferential direction,
• a support disposed on one of the movable sheave or the spider and including a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion located apart from each other,
• a pin including a first end portion supported on the first receiving portion by being inserted into a first through-hole of the first receiving portion and a second end portion supported on the second receiving portion by being inserted into a second through-hole of the second receiving portion,
• a centrifugal weight located between the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion, attached to the pin so as to turn according to centrifugal force generated by rotation of the drive shaft, and turning by rotation of the drive shaft to press the other one of the movable sheave or the spider and move the movable sheave in the axial direction, and
• a retaining ring preventing removal of the first end portion of the pin from the first through-hole, wherein
• an outer peripheral portion of the retaining ring is fitted in a groove of the first through-hole, and an inner peripheral portion of the retaining ring contacts the first end surface of the first end portion of the pin to determine the position of the first end surface inside the first through-hole,
• the second receiving portion has a bottom portion at an end portion of the second through-hole opposite to an end portion on a first receiving portion side,
• the bottom portion contacts a second end surface of the second end portion of the pin to determine a position of the second end surface inside the second through-hole,
• the bottom portion has a hole communicating with the second through-hole and having a smaller diameter than an inner diameter of the second through-hole, and
• the second end surface of the second end portion of the pin is exposed from the hole of the bottom portion.

An off-road vehicle comprising:

• a drive source;
• a drive wheel;
• and
• a continuously variable transmission transmitting torque of the drive source to the drive wheel,
• wherein the continuously variable transmission includes
• a drive pulley receiving the torque from the drive source,
• a driven pulley outputting the torque to the drive wheel, and
• a belt wound between the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and
• the drive pulley includes
• a drive shaft,
• a fixed sheave fixed to the drive shaft in an axial direction and a circumferential direction,
• a movable sheave movable in the axial direction relative to the drive shaft and fixed to the drive shaft in the circumferential direction,
• a spider fixed to the drive shaft in the axial direction and the circumferential direction,
• a support disposed on one of the movable sheave or the spider and including a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion located apart from each other,
• a pin including a first end portion supported on the first receiving portion by being inserted into a first through-hole of the first receiving portion and a second end portion supported on the second receiving portion by being inserted into a second through-hole of the second receiving portion,
• a centrifugal weight located between the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion, attached to the pin so as to turn according to centrifugal force generated by rotation of the drive shaft, and turning by rotation of the drive shaft to press the other one of the movable sheave or the spider and move the movable sheave in the axial direction, and
• a retaining ring preventing removal of the first end portion of the pin from the first through-hole, wherein
• an outer peripheral portion of the retaining ring is fitted in a groove of the first through-hole, and an inner peripheral portion of the retaining ring contacts the first end surface of the first end portion of the pin to determine the position of the first end surface inside the first through-hole,
• the second receiving portion has a bottom portion at an end portion of the second through-hole opposite to an end portion on a first receiving portion side,
• the bottom portion contacts a second end surface of the second end portion of the pin to determine a position of the second end surface inside the second through-hole,
• the bottom portion has a hole communicating with the second through-hole and having a smaller diameter than an inner diameter of the second through-hole, and
• the second end surface of the second end portion of the pin is exposed from the hole of the bottom portion.