Driving belt and transverse element for a driving belt

A metallic transverse element for use in a driving belt, comprising:

• two recesses (7, 8) positioned opposite each other for receiving band packages (5, 6), so that a first part (11) of the transverse element (4) extends under said band packages (5, 6), a second part (12) of the transverse element (4) is positioned between said band packages (5, 6) and a third part (13) of the transverse element (4) extends above said band packages (5, 6),
• the transverse element being a cut single piece of material,
• the front side of the first part (11) of the transverse element (4) includes a tilting line (18) extending in a horizontal direction and forming a transition between a part of the element at least including said third part (13) that has a substantially constant thickness as seen in side elevation and a further part of the element wherein said thickness tapers in downward direction away from the tilting line (18), and includes a projection (14) which can mate with a recess (15) in the adjacent transverse element (4) in a manner allowing free movement of adjacent elements in a longitudinal direction of the belt,
• which recess (15) is a deformation recess on the rear side of the transverse element, the rear side being deformed to such an extent that the projection (14) is formed on the front side of the transverse element from the deformation forming the recess (15),
• said projection (14) and said recess (15) extend in a horizontal direction over the entire dimension of the second part (12),
• said projection (14) and said recess (15) are mainly formed in the second part of the transverse element (4),
• said projection (14) is disposed some distance above the tilting line (18), which distance is smaller than the smallest vertical dimension (A) of the recess (7, 8), and
• the element is metallic.

A driving belt for use in a continuously variable transmission comprising two V-shaped pulleys (2, 3), said driving belt (1) comprising:

• a carrier consisting of two metallic endless band packages (5, 6) lying side by side;
• and
• transverse metal elements (4) disposed freely moveable in a longitudinal direction of the band, wherein,
• the transverse element is a single piece of material,
• each transverse element (4) includes two recesses (7, 8) positioned opposite each other for receiving the band packages (5, 6) with i) a first part (11) of the transverse element (4) extending under said band packages (5, 6), ii) a second part (12) of the transverse element (4) positioned between said band packages (5, 6) and iii) a third part (13) of the transverse element (4) extending above said band packages (5, 6),
• a front side of the transverse element (4) includes a tilting line (18) extending in a horizontal direction and forming a transition between a part of the element at least including said third part (13) that has a substantially constant thickness as seen in side elevation and a further part of the element wherein said thickness tapers in a downward direction away from the tilting line (18), and a projection (14) which can mate with a recess (15) in an adjacent transverse element (4) in a manner allowing free movement of adjacent elements in the longitudinal direction of the belt,
• which recess (15) is a deformation recess over an entire width of the second part on the rear side of the transverse element, the rear side being deformed to such an extent that the projection (14) is formed on the front side of the transverse element from the deformation forming the recess,
• said projection (14) and said recess (15) extend in a horizontal direction over the entire dimension of the second part (12),
• said projection (14) and said recess (15) are mainly formed in the second part of the transverse element (4), and
• said projection (14) is disposed some distance above the tilting line (18), which distance is smaller than the smallest vertical dimension (A) of the recess (7, 8).