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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A forward-speed/reverse-speed changeover mechanism , serving as a motive-force connection/disconnection mechanism, is accommodated into a housing member fixed to a casing . To the forward-speed/reverse-speed changeover mechanism an input end of a primary shaft is connected. The housing member rotatably supports the primary shaft via a bearing member . On an imaginary line intersecting the primary shaft perpendicularly and passing through the bearing member a load-receiving element is provided between the housing member and the casing . The tension of a belt is received by the load-receiving element . As a result, it is possible to provide a bearing structure of a continuously variable transmission enabling holding the bearing members of the primary and secondary shafts at their regular positions against the tension of the belt and maintaining an optimum belt-alignment, thereby enhancing the durability of the continuously variable transmission.