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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2002
Applicants:
Kazuo Ishii, Wako, JP;
Yoshihiro Odagiri, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuo Ishii, Wako, JP;
Yoshihiro Odagiri, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/26 (2006.01); F16G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hoop for a CVT belt including foreign matter existing in a nitrided hardened layer and surface of the hoop, the foreign matter comprises at least one of an oxide-type foreign matter, a nitride-type foreign matter, and a carbide-type foreign matter. The oxide-type foreign matter has a particle size of 25 μm or less, the nitride-type foreign matter and/or the carbide-type foreign matter have particle sizes of 17 μm or less.