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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Soichiro Sumida, Saitama, JP;
Toru Yagasaki, Saitama, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An elementfor a metallic belt in a belt-type continuously variable transmission has a structure in which: a belt radial outer portionof a metallic beltis linearly shaped to come into line contact with a pulley radial inner portionwhich is a constant-angle inclined generatrix portion of a pulleyor; a projecting portionlocated below a locking edge portionand extending inward in the belt radial direction is provided at each of the lower ends of both side edges of the element; and when the elementand a pulley radial outer portionwhich is a curved generatrix portion of the pulleyorcontact each other, the projecting portionbends inward in the axial direction of the pulleyor