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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1999
Arjen Brandsma, Tilburg, NL;
Johannes Hendrikus Van Lith, Berlicum, NL;
Cornelis Johannes Maria Van Der Meer, Tilburg, NL;
Johannes Haaije Van Der Kamp, Tilburg, NL;
Cornelus Hendricus Maria Van Oirschot, Tilburg, NL;
Gerardus Petrus Maria Van Dijnsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Van Doorne's Transmissie B.V., Tilburg, NL;
Abstract
A drive belt for a continuous variable transmission includes at least one endless metal band, preferably provided in a set of nested bands, at least partly being surrounded by transverse elements for at least clamping the belt in between the sheaves of a set of pulleys. At least one band is shaped such, as seen in cross section, that the arithmetical relation between thicknesses TA, TB and TC at three points PA, PB, PC on a contact face, given by the formula (1−(TA+TB)/2TC) represents a value greater than 0.001 and smaller than 0.100, wherein points PA, PB and PC are indicative of a substantially transverse line relative to the longitudinal direction of the band, wherein point PC is located between PA and PB, wherein points PA and PB are located near the edge of the band.
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