Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drive belt
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Application No.: US16117523Application Date: 2018-08-30
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Publication No.: US11002338B2Publication Date: 2021-05-11
- Inventor: Keisuke Ninomiya
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2017-190692 20170929
- Main IPC: F16G5/16
- IPC: F16G5/16 ; F16G5/00 ; F16G5/18 ; F16G1/24

Abstract:
A drive belt includes a hoop and multiple elements joined together in a loop by the hoop. Each element has an assembly space into which one end portion of the hoop is inserted during assembly. Each element is configured such that a first opening width, which is a distance between a first hook and a second hook, is less than a width of the hoop, and a second opening width, which is a distance between the second hook and a contact site where the one end portion of the hoop housed in the assembly space contacts a first pillar, is greater than the width of the hoop. The first hook and the second hook respectively include a first displacement-restriction surface and a second displacement-restriction surface each configured to restrict relative displacement between the element and the hoop by contacting a corresponding one of edges of the hoop.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190101183A1 DRIVE BELT Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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