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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Kippei Matsuda, Kobe, JP;
Hideyuki Imai, Akashi, JP;
Kenichiro Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuya Matsuoka, Kakogawa, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A toroidal continuously variable transmission includes a first disc and a second disc disposed so that the first disc and the second disc are rotatable around a common rotational axis line, the first disc and the second disc facing each other; a power roller which is tiltably disposed between the first disc and the second disc; a pressing device of a loading cam type, the pressing device including a cam plate which is rotatable around the rotational axis line, and a roller unit including at least one roller sandwiched between a cam surface of the second disc and a cam surface of the cam plate; and a cam plate support supporting a back surface of the cam plate, the back surface being opposite to the cam surface of the cam plate, at a radial position conforming to a radial position of at least a portion of the roller unit.