(19)
(11) EP 2 696 103 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
16.04.2014 Bulletin 2014/16

(43) Date of publication:
12.02.2014 Bulletin 2014/07

(21) Application number: 13179718.5

(22) Date of filing: 08.08.2013
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F16G 5/18(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 10.08.2012 JP 2012177959
25.09.2012 JP 2012210901

(71) Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
Osaka-shi Osaka 542-8502 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nakazawa, Teruhiko
    Nagakute-shi,, Aichi 480-1192 (JP)
  • Yasuhara, Shinji
    Osaka-shi,, Osaka 542-8502 (JP)
  • Wakayama, Taizou
    Osaka-shi,, Osaka 542-8502 (JP)

(74) Representative: Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte - Partnerschaft 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Bavariaring 10
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Chain for continuously variable transmission


(57) Adjacent chain elements (44-2) and (44-3) transmit a tension T by allowing a pin (42a-2) and a pin (42b-3) to contact each other. When a chain (16) which has been in a linear state starts to bend, a contact point moves from Point C1 to Point C2. Thus, in the chain element (44-2), positions on which the tension T and -T at both ends of the element act are shifted, and a force couple is generated. This force couple causes the rear end of the chain element (44-2) to move in a lifted manner. An increasing rate of this amount of movement with respect to a relative angle to an adjacent chain element is set such that the increasing rate is small when the relative angle is small, and becomes larger when the relative angle becomes larger.