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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Hideaki Aoyama, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A metal belt includes a pair of metal rings and a plurality of metal elements supported along the metal rings. Each metal ring includes a plurality of endless metal bands that are stacked on each other. Each metal element includes a nose portion and a corresponding hole and is constructed to satisfy a relationship that L /L >0.8 such that L is a lateral distance between the center of the nose portion and a contact point P defined when the metal element pivots about its nose portion to form point contact between one of the pair of lobes and a corresponding one of the pair of metal rings and L is a lateral distance between the center of the nose portion and a contact point P defined when the metal element pivots about its nose portion to form point contact between the other metal ring and the body portion.