Plate link chain

US10184550B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Stephan Penner · Bühl, DE
• Jürgen Ochs · Bühl, DE
• Konstantin Braun · Rastatt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16G13/06
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A plate link chain for a continuously variable transmission in a motor vehicle. The chain includes longer and shorter chain links that include longer and shorter link plates that are coupled to each other by pairs of rocker pressure pieces. The plate link chain includes only two types of link plates, namely shorter link plates and longer link plates.