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US 5,346,440 AGranted
Transverse element for a drive belt
AssigneeVan Doorne's Transmissie B.V.
InventorPaul M. Smeets
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AssigneeVan Doorne's Transmissie B.V.
InventorPaul M. Smeets
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Transverse element for a drive belt of the kind in which transverse elements whose principal planes rest against each other are fitted displaceably on one or more supports. The transverse elements are provided with one or more supporting surfaces for the support(s), the supporting surface being profiled at least in the direction transverse to the principal planes of the transverse element. The supporting surface is profiled in such a manner that a resultant force, which is to be exerted by a support on the transverse element, essentially engages outside the center of the supporting surface delimited by the principal planes. Stable positioning of the transverse element in the pulleys is thereby obtained, slipping and wear are reduced and efficiency increased. Specifically, the crest of the supporting surface is laterally offset.
Transverse element for a drive belt of the kind in which transverse elements whose principal planes rest against each other are fitted displaceably on one or more supports, provided with one or more supporting surfaces for the support(s), which supporting surface is profiled at least in the direction transverse to the principal planes of the transverse element and has a supporting surface center which lies at equal distances from the principal planes, the supporting surface being profiled in such a manner that a resultant force, which is to be exerted by a support on the transverse element, essentially engages outside the supporting surface center.
A drive belt provided with a plurality of transverse elements whose principal planes rest against each other, said transverse elements being fitted displaceably on at least one support, each said transverse element being provided with at least one supporting surface with the support, each said supporting surface being profiled at least in a direction transverse to the principal planes of the transverse element and having a supporting surface center which lies at equal distances from the principal planes, the supporting surface being profiled in such a manner that a resulting force, which is to be exerted by a support on the transverse element, essentially engages outside the supporting surface center.
Transverse element for a drive belt of the kind in which transverse elements whose principal planes rest against each other are fitted displaceably on at least one support, the transverse element having a supporting surface for the support, said supporting surface having a crest which is closer to one said principal plane than to the other said principal plane.
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