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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Daisuke Tomomatsu, Susono, JP;
Akira Murakami, Gotenba, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogawa, Susono, JP;
Yuki Aratsu, Susono, JP;
Daisuke Tomomatsu, Susono, JP;
Akira Murakami, Gotenba, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogawa, Susono, JP;
Yuki Aratsu, Susono, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A continuously variable transmission includes plural planetary balls, a carrier, a sun roller, an input shaft, an output shaft, and thrust bearings sandwiched between respective holding surfaces of the input shaft and the output shaft, wherein the holding surface at a time of rest is formed such that a space between the holding surface and a race on one side of the thrust bearing becomes wider on an outside in a radial direction than on an inside in the radial direction, and the holding surface at the time of rest is formed such that a space between the holding surface and a race on the other side of the thrust bearing becomes wider on the outside in the radial direction than on the inside in the radial direction.