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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Yasuji Taketsuna, Okazaki, JP;
Shigenori Tamaki, Toyota, JP;
Yasuji Taketsuna, Okazaki, JP;
Shigenori Tamaki, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoto, JP;
Abstract
A toroidal type continuously variable transmission, in which an input disc and an output disc are arranged on the common axis with being opposed to each other in the rotatable condition, and in which the rolling member is arranged between the input disc and the output disc, so as to transmit a torque between said input disc and said output disc through said rolling member, by applying the clamping force to said input disc and said output disc in said axial direction, characterized by comprising a clamping force controller for controlling the clamping force to be applied to said input disc and said output disc based on a physical quantity relevant to heat stress of said rolling member.