阅读说明：本技术 无级变速器 (Continuously variable transmission ) 是由 稻濑悠 二宫启辅 于 2020-02-07 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种无级变速器,该无级变速器的传递带排列有形状不同的多种元件。设定在传递带的弦部的多种元件各自的片数比率,使得在无级变速器的第1槽轮以及第2槽轮发生偏芯时,对于通过第2槽轮的滑轮间中心且与第2槽轮的旋转轴垂直的假想平面,使在多种元件的宽度方向上距假想平面较近的那侧的端部的变形量的总和小于距假想平面较远的那侧的端部的变形量的总和。(The invention provides a continuously variable transmission, wherein a plurality of elements with different shapes are arranged in a transmission belt of the continuously variable transmission. The number ratio of the respective elements of the chord portion of the transmission belt is set so that, when misalignment occurs between the 1 st sheave and the 2 nd sheave of the continuously variable transmission, the total of the deformation amounts of the end portions on the side closer to the imaginary plane in the width direction of the elements is smaller than the total of the deformation amounts of the end portions on the side farther from the imaginary plane with respect to the imaginary plane passing through the inter-pulley center of the 2 nd sheave and perpendicular to the rotation axis of the 2 nd sheave.)

1. A continuously variable transmission comprising a 1 st sheave formed of a pair of pulleys, a 2 nd sheave formed of a pair of pulleys, and a transmission belt wound around the 1 st sheave and the 2 nd sheave and transmitting a driving force from a driving source,

the transmission belt is configured by arranging a plurality of types of elements having different shapes and bundling the elements into a ring shape by using a belt-shaped loop, wherein the plurality of types of elements have different left-right rigidities with respect to the center in the element width direction, and the chord portion of the transmission belt is positioned on a path from the 1 st sheave side to the 2 nd sheave side in the belt traveling direction, and the ratio of the number of pieces of each of the plurality of types of elements of the chord portion of the transmission belt is set so that, when the 1 st sheave and the 2 nd sheave are misaligned, the total of the deformation amounts of the end portions on the side closer to the imaginary plane in the width direction of the plurality of types of elements is smaller than the total of the deformation amounts of the end portions on the side farther from the imaginary plane with respect to an imaginary plane passing through the center between the sheaves of the 2 nd sheave and perpendicular to the rotation axis of the 2 nd sheave.

2. The variable transmission of claim 1,

the number of segments is set so as to cancel a yaw angle when the element is yawed at the maximum gear ratio.

3. The continuously variable transmission according to claim 1 or 2,

a convex portion is formed on the surface of the element on the front side in the belt advancing direction, a concave portion is formed on the rear side in the belt advancing direction, the convex portion formed on the rear element positioned behind the front element in the belt advancing direction enters the concave portion formed on the front element positioned in front in the belt advancing direction when the transfer belt advances, and the upper limit number of continuous arrangement of the elements of the same shape in which the chord portions are continuously arranged in the belt advancing direction is set based on the gap between the convex portion and the concave portion in the element width direction.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a continuously variable transmission.

Background

International publication No. 2015/177372 discloses a transmission belt for a continuously variable transmission, which is formed by arranging a plurality of elements having different left and right shapes and annularly bundling the elements with a belt-shaped ring.

Disclosure of Invention

In the transmission belt disclosed in international publication No. 2015/177372, when a load is applied to the element from the front and rear in the belt traveling direction while the transmission belt travels, the amount of deformation of the element varies from side to side due to the difference in the shape of the element from side to side. Therefore, when one of the elements having different left and right deformation amounts is disposed in series, the difference in the left and right deformation amounts of each element accumulates, and the belt easily yaws. When the element is engaged between the pulleys (japanese: シーブ) of the sheave (japanese: プーリ), the element vibrates with an amplitude corresponding to the magnitude of the yaw, and the pulleys pushed by the element vibrate, which tends to generate so-called belt noise.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a continuously variable transmission capable of reducing belt noise.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a continuously variable transmission according to the present invention includes a 1 st sheave including a pair of pulleys, a 2 nd sheave including a pair of pulleys, and a transmission belt looped around the 1 st sheave and the 2 nd sheave and transmitting a driving force from a driving source, wherein a plurality of types of elements having different shapes are arranged and annularly bundled together by a belt-shaped loop, the plurality of types of elements have different left and right rigidities in an element width direction with respect to a center in the element width direction, a chord portion of the transmission belt is positioned on a path from the 1 st sheave side to the 2 nd sheave side in a belt traveling direction, and a ratio of number of the plurality of types of elements in the chord portion of the transmission belt is set such that, when the 1 st sheave and the 2 nd sheave are misaligned, a virtual plane passing through a center between the pulleys of the 2 nd sheave and perpendicular to a rotation axis of the 2 nd sheave is formed, the total of the amounts of deformation of the end portions on the side closer to the imaginary plane in the width direction of the plurality of types of elements is made smaller than the total of the amounts of deformation of the end portions on the side farther from the imaginary plane.

In addition to the continuously variable transmission, the number of stages may be set so that a yaw angle when the element is yawed at a maximum speed ratio is offset.

This makes it possible to suppress the belt noise felt by the driver from becoming noticeable when the vehicle speed is low and the background noise (japanese: dark sound) is small, such as when the vehicle is started or when the vehicle is stopped.

In the continuously variable transmission, a convex portion is formed on a surface of the element on a front side in a belt traveling direction, a concave portion is formed on a rear side in the belt traveling direction, the convex portion formed on a rear element located behind the front element in the belt traveling direction enters the concave portion formed on the front element located ahead in the belt traveling direction when the transmission belt travels, and an upper limit number of continuous arrangement of the elements having the same shape in which the chord portions are continuously arranged in the belt traveling direction may be set based on a gap between the convex portion and the concave portion in an element width direction.

Thus, even if elements having the same shape are continuously arranged, the width of the gap accumulation between the convex portion and the concave portion is smaller than the width of the loop to be dropped, and therefore, the loop of the transmission belt can be prevented from dropping from the elements.

The continuously variable transmission according to the present invention has an effect that the total of the deformation amounts of the end portions on the side closer to the virtual plane in the width direction of the plurality of types of elements is smaller than the total of the deformation amounts of the end portions on the side farther from the virtual plane with respect to the virtual plane passing through the center between the pulleys of the 2 nd sheave and perpendicular to the rotation axis of the 2 nd sheave, so that the transmission belt is less likely to be deformed in the direction of the yaw angle of the acceleration element, and the yaw angle of the element can be reduced to reduce belt noise.

Drawings

Features, advantages and technical and industrial significance of exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals refer to like parts, and wherein:

fig. 1 is a skeleton diagram schematically showing a power transmission mechanism of a vehicle mounted with a continuously variable transmission.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the continuously variable transmission viewed from the side.

Fig. 3 is a partial front view of the transfer belt.

Fig. 4 is a diagram for explaining the eccentricity of the transfer belt.

The upper stage of fig. 5 is a diagram showing a state where the yaw of the element has not occurred. The lower stage of fig. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which the element has yaw due to misalignment.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the state of the elements during belt travel.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a state of the element receiving a load from front to rear in the belt traveling direction.

FIG. 8 shows the maximum gear ratio γ_maxAnd a state after the yaw angle at the lower position is cancelled.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing a state after the yaw of the element is reduced.

Fig. 10 is a schematic view showing a convex portion and a concave portion formed in an element.

Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the convex portion of the element at the rear and the concave portion of the element at the front are fitted to each other in the belt traveling direction.

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing a state after the ring is released from the element.

Fig. 13 is a diagram showing a state in which two pieces of elements having the same shape are continuously arranged in the belt advancing direction.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the continuously variable transmission according to the present invention will be described. The present embodiment does not limit the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a skeleton diagram schematically showing a power transmission mechanism of a vehicle Ve on which a continuously variable transmission 5 is mounted. As shown in fig. 1, a vehicle Ve includes an engine 1 as a power source. The power output from the engine 1 is input to the belt type continuously variable transmission 5 via the torque converter 2, the forward/reverse switching mechanism 3, and the input shaft 4, and is transmitted from the continuously variable transmission 5 to the counter gear mechanism 8, the differential mechanism 9, the axle 10, and the drive wheels 11 via the output shaft 6 and the output gear 7.

The torque converter 2 and the forward/reverse switching mechanism 3 are drivingly connected to each other by a turbine shaft 2 a. The forward-reverse switching mechanism 3 is a mechanism that selectively switches the rotation direction of the input shaft 4 with respect to the turbine shaft 2a to be the same direction as the turbine shaft 2a or to be opposite to the turbine shaft 2 a. For example, the forward/reverse switching mechanism 3 is composed of a planetary gear mechanism and a plurality of engagement devices. The forward/reverse switching mechanism 3 is drivingly connected to a continuously variable transmission 5 via an input shaft 4.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the continuously variable transmission 5 viewed from the side. The continuously variable transmission 5 includes a primary sheave 20 as a 1 st sheave, a secondary sheave 30 as a 2 nd sheave, and a transmission belt 40 wound around a belt winding groove formed in each sheave 20, 30. The belt length (overall length) of the transfer belt 40 is represented by the sum of a portion trained around the primary sheave 20, a portion trained around the secondary sheave 30, and two chord portions St which are straight portions between the primary sheave 20 and the secondary sheave 30. In the following description, the "chord portion St" indicates, unless otherwise specified, a chord portion St of the two chord portions St of the transmission belt 40, which is located on a path from the primary sheave 20 side to the secondary sheave 30 side in the belt advancing direction. The primary sheave 20 rotates integrally with the input shaft 4. The secondary sheave 30 rotates integrally with the output shaft 6. In the example shown in fig. 1, the main shaft as the rotation shaft of the primary sheave 20 is constituted by the input shaft 4. Further, a counter shaft as a rotation shaft of the counter sheave 30 is constituted by the output shaft 6.

The primary sheave 20 includes a fixed sheave 21 fixed to the input shaft 4, a movable sheave 22 relatively movable in the axial direction on the input shaft 4, and a 1 st hydraulic chamber 23 that applies thrust to the movable sheave 22. Since the movable sheave 22 is spline-fitted to the input shaft 4, the movable sheave 22 and the input shaft 4 rotate integrally. A belt-winding groove (hereinafter referred to as "V-groove") of the primary sheave 20 is formed by the sheave surface 21a of the fixed sheave 21 and the sheave surface 22a of the movable sheave 22. The 1 st hydraulic chamber 23 is disposed on the back side (opposite side to the sheave surface 22 a) of the movable sheave 22, and generates a force (thrust) that pushes the movable sheave 22 toward the fixed sheave 21 in the axial direction by the hydraulic pressure. The movable sheave 22 is moved in the axial direction by this thrust force, and the V-groove width of the main sheave 20 is changed.

The input shaft 4 and the main sheave 20 are rotatably supported by the main bearing 50 with respect to a casing (not shown). The main bearing 50 is a rolling bearing and includes a pair of main bearings 51 and 52 disposed on both axial sides of the main sheave 20. The inner ring of each main bearing 51, 52 is attached to the input shaft 4, and the outer ring is attached to the housing. A main bearing 51 is disposed on the opposite side of the forward/backward switching mechanism 3 with respect to the main sheave 20 in the axial direction. The other main bearing 52 is disposed between the main sheave 20 and the forward/backward movement switching mechanism 3 in the axial direction.

The secondary sheave 30 includes a fixed sheave 31 fixed to the output shaft 6, a movable sheave 32 relatively movable in the axial direction on the output shaft 6, and a 2 nd hydraulic chamber 33 that applies thrust to the movable sheave 32. Since the movable sheave 32 is spline-fitted to the output shaft 6, the movable sheave 32 and the output shaft 6 rotate integrally. The V-shaped groove of the secondary sheave 30 is formed by the sheave surface 31a of the fixed sheave 31 and the sheave surface 32a of the movable sheave 32. The 2 nd hydraulic chamber 33 is disposed on the back side of the movable sheave 32, and generates a force (thrust) that pushes the movable sheave 32 toward the fixed sheave 31 in the axial direction by the hydraulic pressure. The movable sheave 32 is moved in the axial direction by this thrust force, and the V-groove width of the sub sheave 30 is changed.

The output shaft 6 and the secondary sheave 30 are rotatably supported by a secondary bearing 60 with respect to the housing. The sub-bearings 60 are rolling bearings, and include a pair of sub-bearings 61 and 62 disposed at both ends of the output shaft 6 on both axial sides of the sub-sheave 30. The inner rings of the sub-bearings 61 and 62 are attached to the output shaft 6, and the outer rings 60a are attached to the housing. The secondary bearing 61 is disposed on the opposite side of the secondary sheave 30 from the output gear 7 in the axial direction. The other sub-bearing 62 is disposed on the opposite side of the sub-sheave 30 with respect to the output gear 7 in the axial direction.

Fig. 3 is a partial front view of the transfer belt 40. The transfer belt 40 is an endless metal belt, and the belt length (overall length) of the transfer belt 40 is constant. As shown in fig. 3, the transmission belt 40 is formed of a belt (so-called steel belt) in which a plurality of steel elements 42 are attached to a metal belt-like ring 41. In the present embodiment, as will be described later, a plurality of types of elements 42 having different shapes are arranged and bound in a loop by the loop 41, thereby forming the transmission belt 40.

As shown in fig. 3, the element 42 includes an element main body portion 420, a low-rigidity post hook (japanese: ピラーフック) portion 421, a high-rigidity post hook portion 422, a projection 423, a recess 424 (see fig. 10), and the like. Hook-shaped low-rigidity column hook portions 421 and high-rigidity column hook portions 422 bent inward in the element width direction are connected to both ends of the upper portion of the element main body portion 420 in the element width direction. At the element 42 of the element width W, the minimum width of the low-rigidity pillar hook 421 is W1, and the width of the high-rigidity pillar hook 422 is a width W2 larger than the minimum width W1. For example, the minimum width w1 of the low-rigidity column hook 421 is set to 2[ mm ], and the width w2 of the high-rigidity column hook 422 is set to 4[ mm ]. Also, the thickness of the element 42 in the belt traveling direction is constant in the element width direction. Therefore, the low-rigidity pillar hook 421 has a lower rigidity than the high-rigidity pillar hook 422. The low-rigidity pillar hook 421 and the high-rigidity pillar hook 422 form fitting portions that fit into the ring 41. A convex portion 423 is formed on the front surface of the element main body portion 420 in the belt traveling direction, and a concave portion 424 into which the convex portion 423 is fitted is formed on the rear surface of the element main body portion 420 in the belt traveling direction. Then, the concave portions 424 of the elements 42 positioned at the front are fitted to the convex portions 423 of the elements 42 positioned at the rear, whereby the elements 42 adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction in the belt traveling direction are coupled. Both widthwise side portions of the element 42 are sandwiched by the respective V-shaped grooves of the main sheave 20 and the secondary sheave 30, and generate frictional force with the respective sheave surfaces 21a, 22a, 31a, 32 a.

In the continuously variable transmission 5, by changing the V-groove width of each of the sheaves 20 and 30, the ratio of the radius of the transmission belt 40 wound around the primary sheave 20 (hereinafter referred to as "primary-side belt winding radius") to the radius of the transmission belt 40 wound around the secondary sheave 30 (hereinafter referred to as "secondary-side belt winding radius") is continuously changed. That is, the gear ratio γ of the continuously variable transmission 5 can be steplessly changed.

In addition, when the shift control is performed to change the speed ratio γ of the continuously variable transmission 5, the hydraulic pressure of the primary-side 1 st hydraulic chamber 23 is controlled to change the belt wrap radius of each sheave 20, 30, and the hydraulic pressure of the secondary-side 2 nd hydraulic chamber 33 is controlled to control the belt clamping force of the continuously variable transmission 5 to an appropriate magnitude. The belt clamping force is a force for clamping the transmission belt 40 from both axial sides by the fixed-side sheave surfaces 21a and 31a and the movable-side sheave surfaces 22a and 32a of the respective sheaves 20 and 30. By controlling the belt clamping force to an appropriate magnitude, an optimum frictional force between the V-shaped groove of each sheave 20, 30 and the transfer belt 40 is generated, ensuring a belt tension between the sheaves 20, 30. The power shifted by the continuously variable transmission 5 is output from an output gear 7 that rotates integrally with an output shaft 6.

The output gear 7 meshes with a counter driven gear 8a of a counter gear mechanism 8. That is, a gear pair is formed with the output gear 7 as a drive gear and the counter driven gear 8a as a driven gear. The counter gear mechanism 8 is a speed reduction mechanism configured to integrally rotate a counter driven gear 8a, a counter driving gear 8b, and a counter shaft 8 c. The counter drive gear 8b meshes with a differential ring gear 9a of the differential mechanism 9. The left and right drive wheels 11 are connected to the differential mechanism 9 via left and right axles 10.

In the transmission mechanism configured as described above, since the fixed pulleys 21 and 31 of the continuously variable transmission 5 are disposed at diagonal positions (on different shafts located on opposite sides in the axial direction with respect to the transmission belt 40 therebetween), the transmission belt 40 moves in the same direction in the axial direction with respect to the fixed pulleys 21 and 31 during a shifting operation. Thus, misalignment of the transfer belt 40 should be suppressed. However, there is a geometrically concern that misalignment of the transfer belt 40 may occur.

Fig. 4 is a diagram for explaining the eccentricity of the transfer belt 40. In fig. 4, the value is the misalignment amount, and θ is the yaw angle of the yaw-occurring element 42. In fig. 4, VP is a virtual plane passing through the center between the pulleys of the secondary sheave 30 and perpendicular to the rotation axis (output shaft 6) of the secondary sheave 30. The eccentricity of the transmission belt 40 (hereinafter simply referred to as "eccentricity") means that the axial center position of the transmission belt 40 sandwiched by the V-grooves of the main sheave 20 is axially offset from the axial center position of the transmission belt 40 sandwiched by the V-grooves of the sub sheave 30. The cause of the misalignment is a constant belt length of the transfer belt 40.

In the continuously variable transmission 5, although the belt length is constant, the amount of change in the belt winding radius on the primary side does not change directly to the amount of change in the belt winding radius on the secondary side during the shifting operation. Specifically, the amount of change in the belt winding radius is smaller on the larger diameter side than on the smaller diameter side. Therefore, when the continuously variable transmission 5 performs a shifting operation from the speed-increasing state (γ <1), the amount of change in the primary-side belt winding radius becomes smaller than the amount of change in the secondary-side belt winding radius. On the other hand, when the continuously variable transmission 5 performs a shifting operation in the self-decelerating state (γ >1), the amount of change in the secondary-side belt winding radius becomes smaller than the amount of change in the primary-side belt winding radius. Thus, the amount of change in the belt winding radius differs between the primary side and the secondary side, thereby creating a difference between the amount of axial movement of the movable sheave 22 on the primary side and the amount of axial movement of the movable sheave 32 on the secondary side. As a result, as shown in fig. 4, the axial center position of the transmission belt 40 (the center of the belt width) is shifted between the main sheave 20 and the sub sheave 30, and the misalignment amount varies. When the eccentricity occurs in the transmission belt 40 in this manner, the elements 42 constituting the transmission belt 40 may yaw at the yaw angle θ.

The upper stage of fig. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which the yaw of the element 42 is not generated. The lower stage of fig. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which the yaw occurs in the element 42 due to misalignment. In addition, each element 42 is shown in a section a-a in fig. 3 in an upper stage of fig. 5 and a lower stage of fig. 5. When comparing the upper stage of fig. 5 with the lower stage of fig. 5, the element width Wy in the state where the elements 42 have been yawed due to misalignment shown in the lower stage of fig. 5 is shorter than the element width W in the state where the elements 42 having the same amount of deformation in the left and right directions shown in the upper stage of fig. 5 have not been yawed. Therefore, when the elements 42 are engaged between the pulleys, the amplitude of the vibration of the elements 42 in the element width direction in the state where the yaw occurs is larger than that in the state where the yaw does not occur.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a state of the element 42 during belt travel. Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a state of the element 42 receiving a load from the front and rear in the belt traveling direction. As shown in fig. 6, in the transmission belt 40 of the embodiment, power is transmitted by pushing the rear elements 42 against the front elements 42 in the belt traveling direction. As shown in fig. 7, when the element 42 having the thickness t receives a load from the front and the rear in the belt traveling direction, the thickness of the low-rigidity column hook 421 becomes t1(< t), and the thickness of the high-rigidity column hook 422 becomes t2(< t) which is thicker than the thickness t 1. That is, the low-rigidity pillar hook 421 has a larger amount of deformation in the belt traveling direction than the high-rigidity pillar hook 422, and the amount of deformation differs between the left and right sides of the element 42. For example, the amount of deformation of the low-rigidity pillar hook 421 becomes 5.6[ μm ], and the amount of deformation of the high-rigidity pillar hook 422 becomes 2.8[ μm ]. Therefore, when the plurality of elements 42 are continuously arranged over the entire circumference of the belt such that the low-rigidity column hook 421 is positioned on the left side in the belt traveling direction and the high-rigidity column hook 422 is positioned on the right side in the belt traveling direction, the difference in the amount of deformation of each element 42 in the right-and-left direction is accumulated, and a large yaw is likely to occur.

Thereby, for example, transferringWhen the belt 40 enters between the pulleys of the secondary sheave 30, in addition to the yaw due to the eccentricity, the yaw occurs in the element 42 due to the difference in the amount of deformation between the right and left sides of the element 42. When the element 42 bites between the pulleys of the secondary sheave 30, the element 42 vibrates at an amplitude corresponding to the magnitude of the yaw, and the pulleys 21 and 22 pushed by the element 42 vibrate, which may generate belt noise. That is, the meshing engagement of the elements 42 with the pulleys generates pulley pulsation vibration (pulsation) that is transmitted to a bearing (not shown) provided in the continuously variable transmission 5, a housing (not shown), and the like, thereby generating belt noise. Using the maximum speed ratio gamma_maxWhen the vehicle speed is low, such as when the vehicle starts or stops, the background noise is low, and therefore the belt noise felt by the driver becomes conspicuous. Further, the noise is less affected because the background noise is mixed into the noise when the vehicle is traveling at a high vehicle speed.

At maximum gear ratio gamma_maxIn this case, the eccentricity of the transmission belt 40 is large, and the yaw of the element 42 due to the eccentricity is also increased. Then, in the transmission belt 40 of the embodiment, the yaw of the element 42 due to the difference in the amount of deformation between the left and right is reduced, so that the maximum speed ratio γ is set to the maximum speed ratio γ_maxIn this case, the transmission belt 40 enters between the pulleys in a state where the yaw of the element 42 is small, thereby reducing belt noise.

Specifically, in the chord part St of the transmission belt 40, the ratio of the number of pieces at the chord part St of the element 42 having a large amount of deformation toward the left side in the belt traveling direction and the element 42 having a large amount of deformation toward the right side in the belt traveling direction is set such that, with respect to an imaginary plane VP (see fig. 4) passing through the inter-pulley center of the sub sheave 30 and perpendicular to the rotation axis of the sub sheave 30, the sum of the amounts of deformation of the end parts 40A on the side closer to the imaginary plane VP in the width direction of each element 42 is smaller than the sum of the amounts of deformation of the end parts 40B on the side farther from the imaginary plane VP.

The element 42 having a large amount of deformation on the left side is: the low-rigidity pillar hook 421 is disposed on the left side in the belt traveling direction, and the high-rigidity pillar hook 422 is disposed on the right side in the belt traveling direction. The element 42 having a large deformation amount on the right side is: the low-rigidity pillar hook 421 is disposed on the right side in the belt traveling direction, and the high-rigidity pillar hook 422 is disposed on the left side in the belt traveling direction.

Further, for example, the maximum speed ratio γ can be set using, for example, the following equation (1)_maxThe lower yaw angle θ cancels out the ratio of the number of segments at the chord St between the element 42 having a large amount of deformation on the left side and the element 42 having a large amount of deformation on the right side.

{(a×n)-[a×(L-n)]}÷W＝tanθ……(1)

In addition, in the above mathematical expression (1), a is the left-side deformation amount to the right-side deformation amount per 1 piece of the element 42. n is the number of elements 42 having a large amount of deformation on the left side of the string St. L is the total number of elements 42 at the chord St. (a × n) is the total of the amounts of deformation of the elements 42 having a large amount of deformation on the left side of the string St. [ a × (L-n) ] is the sum of the deformation amounts of the elements 42, the deformation amounts of which are large, on the right side of the chord section St. W is the element width. θ is the yaw angle.

In the continuously variable transmission 5 of the embodiment, the ratio of the number of elements 42 having a large amount of deformation on the left side to the number of elements 42 having a large amount of deformation on the right side is set at the chord portion St of the transmission belt 40 so as to optimize the ratio of the number of elements such that the total amount of deformation of the end portion 40A on the side closer to the virtual plane VP in the width direction of each element 42 is smaller than the total amount of deformation of the end portion 40B on the side farther from the virtual plane with respect to the virtual plane VP passing through the center between the pulleys of the secondary sheave 30 and perpendicular to the rotation axis of the secondary sheave 30. In addition, in the continuously variable transmission 5 of the embodiment, the total of the deformation amounts of the end portion 40A on the side of the chord portion St closer to the virtual plane VP corresponds to the total of the deformation amounts of the elements 42 having a large deformation amount on the right side of the chord portion St [ a × (L-n) ]. The total of the amounts of deformation of the end portions 40B on the side of the string portion St farther from the virtual plane VP corresponds to the total (a × n) of the amounts of deformation of the elements 42 on the left side of the string portion St having a large amount of deformation.

For example, when the total number of the elements 42 of the chord St of the transmission belt 40 is 100, the above-described ratio is set such that the elements 42 having a large amount of deformation on the left side are 60 and the elements 42 having a large amount of deformation on the right side are 6040 pieces, the sum of the amounts of deformation of the end 40A on the side of the chord part St closer to the virtual plane VP, that is, the sum of the amounts of deformation of the elements 42 having a large amount of deformation on the right side of the chord part St [ a × (L-n) ]]To be 112[ mu ] m]The total of the amounts of deformation of the end 40B of the string St on the side farther from the virtual plane VP, that is, the total of the amounts of deformation of the elements 42 having a large amount of deformation on the left side of the string St (a × n), is 168[ μm ]]. That is, the total of the amounts of deformation of the end portions 40A on the side of the string portion St closer to the imaginary plane VP is smaller than the total of the amounts of deformation of the end portions 40B on the side of the string portion St farther from the imaginary plane VP. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the maximum gear ratio γ can be set_maxThe lower yaw angle θ is offset, and as shown in fig. 9, the element 42 can be caused to enter between the pulleys of the secondary sheave 30 in a state where the yaw of the element 42 is reduced. Thus, the continuously variable transmission 5 of the embodiment can suppress pulley pulsation vibration and reduce belt noise by using the transmission belt 40 in which the number ratio of the plurality of types of elements 42 having different shapes is set as described above.

The number of upper continuous arrangement limits of the elements 42 of the same shape, in which the elements 42 of the left side having a large amount of deformation and the elements 42 of the right side having a large amount of deformation are continuously arranged in the belt advancing direction at the chord St of the transmission belt 40, may be set based on the gap g in the element width direction between the convex portion 423 formed at the diameter D1 of the element 42 and the concave portion 424 formed at the diameter D2 larger than the diameter D1 as shown in fig. 10.

Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the convex portion 423r of the rear element 42r is fitted into the concave portion 424f of the front element 42f in the belt traveling direction. In addition, in each reference numeral of fig. 11, a corner mark "f" indicates the front, and a corner mark "r" indicates the rear. As shown in fig. 11, the convex portion 423r of the rear element 42r is offset by the gap g in the element width direction from the axis Xr of the front element 42f in the concave portion 424f of the front element 42 f.

Therefore, if the elements 42 having the same shape are excessively continuously arranged in the string portion St of the transmission belt 40 in the belt advancing direction, as shown in fig. 12, the loop 41 of the transmission belt 40 may be displaced toward the low-rigidity stud hook portion 421 side of the element 42, and the loop 41 may be detached from the element 42. In fig. 12, the element 42A corresponds to the element 42 having a large amount of deformation on the left side described above, in which the low-rigidity pillar hook 421 is provided on the left side in the belt traveling direction and the high-rigidity pillar hook 422 is provided on the right side in the belt traveling direction. The element 42B corresponds to the element 42 having a large amount of deformation on the right side described above, in which the high-rigidity pillar hook 422 is provided on the left side in the belt traveling direction and the low-rigidity pillar hook 421 is provided on the right side in the belt traveling direction.

Then, in the continuously variable transmission 5 of the embodiment, by setting the upper limit number of the continuous arrangement in which the elements 42A, 42B of the same shape are continuously arranged in the belt advancing direction at the chord portion St of the transmission belt 40, the dropping of the ring 41 from the element 42 is suppressed.

For example, when the gap g between the diameter D1 of the convex portion 423 and the diameter D2 of the concave portion 424 is 0.03[ mm ], it is defined that when the elements 42A and 42B at the forefront are displaced from the elements 42A and 42B at the element width direction by more than 0.3[ mm ] with respect to the elements 42A and 42B at the element forefront when the elements 42A and 42B having the same shape are continuously arranged in the tape running direction, respectively, the loop 41 drops off from the elements 42A and 42B. In this case, the upper limit of the number of the elements 42A and 42B continuously arranged in the belt advancing direction is 10 elements in which the elements 42A and 42B continuously arranged are shifted in the same direction by 0.03 mm in the element width direction and the total of the elements is 0.3 mm. Therefore, for example, as shown in fig. 13, two pieces of the same-shaped elements 42A and 42B are continuously arranged in the belt traveling direction, respectively, whereby the coil 41 can be prevented from dropping off the elements 42A and 42B.