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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Kazumi Serizawa, Toyota, JP;
Koji Nishida, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A metal ring of a transmission belt in a belt-type continuously variable transmission. A first nitrided layer formed in a main surface of the metal ring, and a second nitrided layer formed in an end surface of the metal ring are included. A thickness of the second nitrided layer is smaller than a thickness of the first nitrided layer, and surface hardness of the end surface is higher than surface hardness of the main surface. Even though the second nitrided layer in the end part is thin, the surface hardness of the end surface is high. Therefore, it is possible to restrain fatigue fracture starting from an end part, and it is also possible to restrain deterioration of abrasion resistance of the end surface.