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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1990
Noboru Sekine, Kasukabe, JP;
Takashi Aoki, Fujimi, JP;
Shigeru Kanehara, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Hanyu, Kamifukuoka, JP;
Hideaki Yoshida, Ibaraki, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A metallic V belt for use in a V-belt-type continuously variable transmission has an endless metallic belt strap and a plurality of metallic blocks each having a strap insertion slot defined therein and opening outwardly of the V belt at one side of the metallic block, the metallic blocks being mounted on that belt strap with the belt strap positioned in the strap insertion slots in the metallic blocks. A retaining belt strap or retainer is disposed in engagement with portions of the metallic blocks in covering relation to the endless belt strap in the strap insertion slots for retaining the metallic blocks against dislodgment from the belt strap. The retainer is in the form of an endless web having a flat transverse cross section and having at least one hole defined in the endless web. The hole in the endless web may be a slot, a narrow slit, or an elliptical hole.