Continuously variable transmission

A continuously variable transmission comprising:

• an input shaft connected to a motor and supported by a transmission unit casing member;
• an output shaft arranged in parallel with the input shaft and supported by the transmission unit casing member;
• a discoidal input disk that is provided in the input shaft and has an outer circumferential edge arranged close to the output shaft;
• a discoidal output disk that is provided in the output shaft and has an outer circumferential edge arranged close to the input shaft;
• a pair of pressing units provided movably along a shaft center connecting line obtained by connecting a shaft center of the input shaft and a shaft center of the output shaft in a disk overlapping area where the input disk and the output disk are overlapped, so that a torque transmission contact portion is formed by clamping and pressing both the disks in a position corresponding to a target shift ratio to elastically deform both the disks;
• a pair of first support units that extend to intersect with the shaft center connecting line, support the pressing units by using one end side as a fulcrum, move along the shaft center connecting line in synchronization with the pressing units, and are configured to generate a force for clamping and pressing both the disks using the pressing units by virtue of a clamping force applied to the other end side;
• a pair of second support units that extend along a connecting line in parallel with the shaft center connecting line and are configured to clamp and support both the disks using a pivot shaft as a fulcrum such that the other end side of the pair of first support units can move along the connecting line to generate the clamping force;
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• a clamping force adjustment unit connected to an end of the pair of second support units opposite to the pivot shaft side to adjust the clamping force of the second support units.