DRIVE BELT HAVING TRANSVERSE ELEMENTS AND A TENSION ELEMENT

摘要

The invention relates to a drive belt (1) having a self-contained tension element (20) comprising a support (21) and a tension band (23), embedded therein, of substantially elongated cross section, and having a series of discrete transverse elements (30), which are each provided with two main faces (31) oriented in the peripheral direction of the drive belt (1) and with two side faces (32) placed at an acute angle to each other, which side faces extend on both sides of the transverse element (30) between the main faces (31) thereof and are intended for the frictional contact with the transmission pulleys. The transverse elements (30) here describe an opening through which the tension element (20) is led and whose nominal dimension in the axial direction is greater than the nominal dimension in this direction of the tension element (20).