Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Belt-driven continuously variable transmission
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Application No.: US15371769Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US10436305B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Tatsuya Saito , Naoyuki Shibata
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Priority: JP2015-240020 20151209
- Main IPC: F16H57/00
- IPC: F16H57/00 ; F16H9/16

Abstract:
A belt-driven continuously variable transmission in which a collision noise of a broken chain belt can be suppressed is provided. In the transmission, a chain belt is applied to belt grooves of pulleys to transmit power therebetween, and a speed ratio is varied by changing a width of the belt groove of at least one of pulleys. The transmission comprises: a guiderail that is contacted to the chain belt to suppress vibrations in the chain belt and that is allowed to rotate with a change in an inclination of the chain belt; and a pushing mechanism that applies a load to the guiderail to rotate the guiderail to alter an inclination of the chain belt in a direction to increase the speed ratio when the chain belt is broken.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170167594A1 BELT-DRIVEN CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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