Element for belt for continuously variable transmission

An element for a belt for use in a continuously variable transmission, comprising:

• a body adapted to be positioned on an inner circumferential side of an annular assembly of transversely stacked elements, said body having laterally spaced side edges for contact with pulleys of the continuously variable transmission, said body having a thin region in a substantially half lower portion thereof which has a thickness smaller than the thickness of another portion of the body;
• and
• a head joined to a central upper edge of the body by a neck and adapted to be positioned on an outer circumferential side of the annular assembly, said head having laterally spaced side end regions positioned on opposite side of an upper region of said neck and said laterally spaced side regions having a thickness greater than the thickness of the upper region of said neck;
• said head and said body having respective thicknesses equal to or smaller than the thickness of the laterally spaced side end regions of said head;
• said body including a substantially half upper portion exclusive of said thin region, and having laterally spaced side end regions positioned on opposite side of a lower region of said neck, said laterally spaced side end regions of said body having a thickness smaller than the thickness with regard to a direction perpendicular to a face of the element of the lower region of said neck in the substantially half upper portion of said body.