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Plate-link chain

US7937925B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG · DE

Inventors

André Linnenbrügger · Bogen, DE
Oswald Kroninger · Ottersweier, DE
Klaus Scheufele · Aalen, DE
Andre Teubert · Bogen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 2008
Grant date	May 10, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49874
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive chain suitable for use in a continuously variable transmission of a motor vehicle, the transmission having two pairs of spaced drive members about which the chain passes to transfer torque from one drive member to the other. The chain includes a plurality of link elements that include spaced, side-by-side plate links. The plate links include openings in which pairs of parallel rocker members are disposed for relative rocking movement of at least one rocker member about its longitudinal axis. A method for stretching the chain is also disclosed, in which areas of some of the plate links are plastically deformed by stretching the chain before the chain is put to use.

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