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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Yoshitaka Miura, Yokohama, JP;
Masashi Yoshino, Yamato, JP;
Yoshiko Mineta, Sagamihara, JP;
Akihiko Iwasaki, Machida, JP;
Yuki Matsushita, Ebina, JP;
Yoshitaka Miura, Yokohama, JP;
Masashi Yoshino, Yamato, JP;
Yoshiko Mineta, Sagamihara, JP;
Akihiko Iwasaki, Machida, JP;
Yuki Matsushita, Ebina, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A continuously variable transmission configured to transmit a rotational driving force of one pulley to another pulley by a driving-force transmitting means wound between the two pulleys, wherein each of the two pulleys is configured to vary a groove width thereof, the continuously variable transmission including: an engagement-receiving portion provided to the driving-force transmitting means, in a side of the driving-force transmitting means on which the driving-force transmitting means is wound on the pulleys; and a movable engaging portion provided to a shaft portion of at least one of the two pulleys, wherein the movable engaging portion is movable in a radial direction of the shaft portion to protrude from and escape into the shaft portion, wherein the movable engaging portion is configured to protrude from the shaft portion so as to engage with the engagement-receiving portion at least one of when a pulley-ratio region is in a setting for highest speed and when the pulley-ratio region is in a setting for lowest speed.