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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Jatco Ltd, Fuji, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Fuji, JP;
Masao Arimatsu, Fuji, JP;
Masayuki Furuya, Zama, JP;
Kenichi Yamamoto, Fuji, JP;
Shogo Fujii, Fuji, JP;
Masakazu Tamura, Fuji, JP;
Kazuya Numata, Isehara, JP;
Hirohisa Yukawa, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
JATCO LTD, Fuji, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/01 (2012.01); F16G 5/16 (2006.01); F16H 9/18 (2006.01); F16H 57/035 (2012.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/01 (2013.01); F16G 5/16 (2013.01); F16H 9/18 (2013.01); F16H 57/035 (2013.01); F16H 57/0489 (2013.01);
Abstract
A continuously variable transmission includes a variator having a belt wound around a pair of pulleys, and a case forming a container chamber for the variator. The pulleys include fixed pulleys and movable pulleys. The belt includes elements stacked to be arranged in an annular form, and rings binding the element stacked. A circumference wall portion of the case is provided with a monitoring hole enabling flank faces of the elements to be monitored.