Abstract: A silent chain includes guide washers to prevent bending of the connecting pins during prestressing. The chain has multiple link plates, each with a pair of teeth and pin apertures. The links are interleaved in the transverse and longitudinal directions and are connected pivotally by connecting pins. The connecting pin is composed of a joint pin that is arcuate in cross-section and a rocker pin, which is shorter than the joint pin and arcuate in cross-section. A guide washer is provided for each connecting pin. The guide washer has guide parts that extend on both sides of the teeth of the link plate and includes a pin aperture for fixing the end of the joint pin.

Abstract: A silent chain is directed to prevent bending of the connection pin and reducing surface pressure acting on the connection pin while maintaining bendability of the entire chain. The chain includes multiple link plates, each having a pair of teeth and a pair of pinholes. The links are interleaved in the transverse and longitudinal directions and the link plates are connected by connection pins inserted in the pinholes. Connection pin is composed of center pin at the center of pinhole and of a pair of rocker pins on both sides of said center pin. Guide washer is provided to each connection pin. Guide washer has a guide part extending on both sides of the teeth of link plate and a central apertures for fixing of the end of center pin.

Abstract: A power transmission chain belt has a rocker joint to reduce power transmission loss and to reduce the surface pressure acting on the connecting pin while maintaining bendability of the entire chain. The chain is formed of multiple inner links, each having a pair of pin apertures. The links are interleaved in the transverse and longitudinal directions and are connected by connecting pin inserted in pin apertures. The connecting pin includes a center pin. Arranged at the center of pin aperture are curved faces of which at both of its ends contact pulley friction surface and of a pair of rocker pins, which are arranged on both sides of center pin in the pin aperture and which are shorter than the center pin. In addition, the outer link is arranged on the outside of outermost inner link and step part of center pin is press-fitted into a pair of pin apertures in outer link.

Abstract: A power transmission chain belt has a rocker joint to reduce power transmission loss and to reduce the surface pressure acting on the connecting pin while maintaining bendability of the entire chain. The chain is formed of multiple inner links, each having a pair of pin apertures. The links are interleaved in the transverse and longitudinal directions and are connected by connecting pin inserted in pin apertures. The connecting pin includes a center pin. Arranged at the center of pin aperture are curved faces of which at both of its ends contact pulley friction surface and of a pair of rocker pins, which are arranged on both sides of center pin in the pin aperture and which are shorter than the center pin. In addition, the outer link is arranged on the outside of outermost inner link and step part of center pin is press-fitted into a pair of pin apertures in outer link.

Abstract: A silent chain is directed to prevent bending of the connection pin and reducing surface pressure acting on the connection pin while maintaining bendability of the entire chain. The chain includes multiple link plates, each having a pair of teeth and a pair of pinholes. The links are interleaved in the transverse and longitudinal directions and the link plates are connected by connection pins inserted in the pinholes. Connection pin is composed of center pin at the center of pinhole and of a pair of rocker pins on both sides of said center pin. Guide washer is provided to each connection pin. Guide washer has a guide part extending on both sides of the teeth of link plate and a central apertures for fixing of the end of center pin.

Abstract: A silent chain includes guide washers to prevent bending of the connecting pins during prestressing. The chain has multiple link plates, each with a pair of teeth and pin apertures. The links are interleaved in the transverse and longitudinal directions and are connected pivotally by connecting pins. The connecting pin is composed of a joint pin that is arcuate in cross-section and a rocker pin, which is shorter than the joint pin and arcuate in cross-section. A guide washer is provided for each connecting pin. The guide washer has guide parts that extend on both sides of the teeth of the link plate and includes a pin aperture for fixing the end of the joint pin.

Abstract: A power transmission chain belt has multiple inner links, each having a pair of pin apertures. The links are interleaved in the transverse and longitudinal directions. The links are connected by a connecting pin inserted in the pin aperture to compose a chain belt. The connecting pin is composed of a joint pin of an arcuate cross-section, both end faces of which contact the pulley's friction face, and a rocker pin of arcuate cross-section, which is shorter than the joint pin. The outer link is arranged on the outside of outermost inner link. A stepped portion of the joint pin is press-fitted into a pair of pin apertures of outer link.

Abstract: A power transmission chain in which round pins are inserted in link apertures with D-shaped cross-section and a bushing of U-shaped cross-section. The bushing can be formed of several different shapes in order to decrease the wear between the pins and the associated link apertures.

Abstract: The power transmission chain of the present invention is formed of two parallel chains that are phased or offset by approximately one-half pitch. The chains are connected by struts that extend across the entire width of both chains. The power transmission chain belt of this invention provides for a restricting device in the interchain gap of the load block. Offset occurring during the speed change of a continuously variable transmission can be absorbed by the above mentioned gap. In one embodiment, the restricting device is in the form of a stop ring provided near the middle of the gap between the two side-by-side chains.

Abstract: A low-noise chain preventing a roller or a bushing from contacting a bottom portion of a sprocket thus reducing impact noise. The low-noise chain includes pairs of inner link plates and pairs of outer link plates alternately lined up with each other, each of the link plates having two insertion holes; connecting pins inserted into the insertion holes of the link plates to couple the inner and the outer link plate; and bushing or rollers disposed around the connecting pin. The roller or bushing has a substantially triangular configuration in transverse cross section and has three intermeshing surfaces on its outer circumference.

Abstract: A one-way clutch wherein a plurality of sprags disposed in an annular array are positioned in an annular space between concentric inner and outer rings. Each sprag has a groove formed therein substantially midway between the ends thereof. A garter spring is fitted within the grooves. An annular retainer is disposed within the annular space. The retainer has axially extending parts which are circularly joined together, whereby the axially extending parts positionally hold the sprags. A ringlike side member of generally channel-shaped cross section is confined between and has inner and outer walls which respectively slidably engage the inner and outer rings. These inner and outer walls are joined by a radial side wall which closely confines the sides of the sprags, which side wall has recesses for accommodating the axially extending parts of the retainer. This radial side wall also has radial wall portions which project between the sides of the sprags and the circularly extending parts of the retainer.

Abstract: A one-way clutch wherein a plurality of sprags disposed in an annular array are positioned within an annular space between concentric inner and outer rings. Each sprag has a groove formed therein substantially midway between the ends thereof, which groove opens outwardly of the sprag in a direction which extends radially relative to the inner and outer rings. A garter spring is fitted within the grooves defined by the plurality of sprags. An annular retainer is also disposed within the annular space for holding and positionally confining the sprags. The annular retainer has axially extending parts which are circularly joined together, whereby the axially extending parts positionally hold the sprags.