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Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2004
Applicants:

Arjen Brandsma, Tilburg, NL;

Johannes Hendrikus Van Lith, Berlicum, NL;

Cornelis Johannes Maria Van Der Meer, Tilburg, NL;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 5/16 (2006.01); F16H 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A continuous variable transmission belt includes a set of nested metal rings, the set interacting with transverse elements provided slidably along the set, and the rings of the set being accommodated with small mutual play between each pair of adjacent rings, where for at least the majority of the pairs of adjacent rings the nominal value of the play is zero. The innermost and outermost rings having an elasticity modulus significantly lower than the intermediate rings.


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