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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2009
Shigeo Kamamoto, Kashiwara, JP;
Kozue Matsumoto, Kashiba, JP;
Shigeo Kamamoto, Kashiwara, JP;
Kozue Matsumoto, Kashiba, JP;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A chain which is wound round on a pair of pulleys so as to extend therebetween includes a plurality of links and a plurality of connecting members. A first pin and a second pin of the connecting member are brought into rolling and sliding contact with each other at a contact portion which is displaced in association with a change in a flexing angle between the links. End faces of the first pin each have a projecting curved portion where a contact area is formed when the end faces are brought into contact with sheave surfaces of the pulleys. With respect to a vertical direction, a projecting center of the projecting curved portion is disposed between a position of a first contact portion when the chain bites into the drive pulley and a position of a second contact portion when the chain bites into the driven pulley.