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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2004
Yucong Wang, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Sohail A. Khan, Farmington, MI (US);
Beizhi Zhou, Troy, MI (US);
Reuben Sarkar, Graz, AT;
Michael J. Lukitsch, Port Huron, MI (US);
Yang-tse Cheng, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Anita M. Weiner, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yucong Wang, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Sohail A. Khan, Farmington, MI (US);
Beizhi Zhou, Troy, MI (US);
Reuben Sarkar, Graz, AT;
Michael J. Lukitsch, Port Huron, MI (US);
Yang-Tse Cheng, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Anita M. Weiner, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Deteroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A belt for a continuously variable transmission (CVT) includes at least one continuous band supported against a contact face in a slot formed in each of a plurality of transverse elements of the CVT. The band has a surface positioned against the contact face. This surface is coated with chromium nitride by physical vapor deposition to reduce wear.