Composite driving belt and transverse element for same

摘要

In a driving belt for use with V-shaped pulleys, including an endless flexible carrier and a plurality of transverse elements abutting against each other in face-to-face contact and assembled on the carrier, said transverse elements being provided with coupling means comprising at least one projection at one face and at least one substantially corresponding coupling recess at the other face, the improvement wherein the thickness of the transverse elements at the location of the coupling means is smaller than the distance between the abutting faces of successive transverse elements.