Continuously Variable Transmissions Belt Type

Jan 14, 2013

Topics: Passenger Cars

The most common type of continuously variable transmission, or CVT, operates on a variable-diameter pulley system with three basic components:

A drive, or input pulley that is connected to the crankshaft of the engine
A driven, or output pulley that transfers energy to the driveshaft
A belt made of pieces of metal held together by thin, stacked steel bands.

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