Chain for continuously variable transmission
AssigneeLuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH
InventorJohannes Heinrich
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AssigneeLuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH
InventorJohannes Heinrich
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A link chain for a continuously variable cone pulley gear whose link pins connecting the individual chain links 1,2; 11,12 are formed as pairs of rocker members 25. The end faces of the rocker members 25 transfer the friction forces between the cone pulleys and the link chain. The rocker members are secured at least in part by retaining elements 20,33 against moving sideways out of the recesses in the chain links. One retaining plate 20,33 is allocated to at least the outside chain links of the chain defining the chain width. The retaining plate 20,33 is mounted on the outside of the outer chain link and is fixed on the rocker members associated with the chain link with a clamping seat 28-31; 44-47 which leaves the rocker faces free. The structural unit formed from at least one retaining plate 20,33 and the associated rocker members has a design which allows a change in the spacing of these rocker members in the chain longitudinal direction.
Link chain for continuously variable transmission cone pulley gearbox whose articulation pieces which connect together the individual chain links which are formed as sets of plates are constructed as pairs of rocker members inserted in apertures in the plates and having rocker faces supported against each other, wherein the rocker members are connected to the plates which make up the chain at least partially through a positive locking anti-rotation lock, the end faces of the rocker members facing the relevant cone pulley transfer friction forces between the cone pulleys and the link chain and the rocker members are secured at least in part by at least one retaining element against moving sideways out from the plate apertures, characterised in that a retaining plate is associated with at least the outer plates of the chain which determine the chain width, relative to the chain link associated with same at least on one chain side, that the retaining plate is held on the outside of the outer chain plate, that the retaining plate is fixed on the rocker members associated with the chain link with a clamping seat which leaves the rocker faces free, and that the relevant structural unit formed from at least one retaining plate and the associated rocker member has a design which allows the spacing of these rocker members to be changed in the longitudinal direction of the chain.
Link chain according to claim 8 characterised in that the clamping yokes engage into corresponding cross-sectional reductions of the ends of the rocker members by two projections which project opposite one another transverse to the longitudinal direction of the chain into the aperture for the end of the associated rocker members that the cross-sectional reductions are open towards the free end of the rocker members and that the projections and the ends of the rocker members are tightly clamped against each other through pairs of surfaces which extend substantially in the running direction of the chain and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the rocker members.
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