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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
André Linnenbrügger, Bühl, DE;
Wolfgang Oberle, Appenweier, DE;
Assignee:
LuK Getriebe Systeme GmbH, Buhl/Baden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 1/304 ; F16G 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 1/304 ; F16G 1/302 ;
Abstract
A flexible torque-transmitting device ( ) such as a chain belt that runs in an endless loop around a first and second pair of conical disks in a continuously variable transmission of a motor vehicle includes means to keep the transverse force-transfer elements ( ) from becoming dislodged out of their seating positions in the lengthwise-running links ( ) of the chain belt.