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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. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Herrmann, Lebach, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Batavia L.L.C., Batavia, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 1/00 ;
Abstract
The link belt for power transmission for a continuously variable transmission, with individual links ( ) and a ring package ( ), which holds the links ( ) together, contains an additional, outer ring package ( ) for the purpose of absorbing the radial forces generated on the links ( ) is provided, which is arranged around the link belt ( ) and is mounted such that it can no longer rotate along with the link belt ( ), however is still able to follow the strip's adjusting movement, wherein the ring package ( ) ensures that the links are guided and held together.