Iwis Motorsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Michael Weikert

Sandra Ketterl

Ralph Schneider

Pia Gruler

Martin Bodensteiner

Artur Preis

Jürgen Mittrach

Robert Riess

In the field of a slide rail for tensioning and guiding an endless drive member, comprising at least one bore and a screw captively held in the bore, permitting the captive mounting of screws even in thin-walled slide rails is provided. A sleeve is mounted in the bore and the sleeve comprises engagement elements at its end facing the rail, said engagement elements being engaged with the wall of the bore, and a stop collar lying against a stop surface formed at the slide rail, and lock elements are embodied in the sleeve which engage the thread of the screw and lock the screw at least in an assembly position, wherein said slide rail is thin-walled. Furthermore, an assembly method is provided for manufacturing the slide rail with a captively held screw and to the loss prevention device per se.

Slide rail for tensioning and guiding an endless drive member and method for manufacturing said slide rail

A method for producing a tensioning or guide rail with a base body, and a vibration absorber arranged on the base body is provided, comprising the steps of: providing a base body, at least partially embedding the base body into plastic material that is in a flowable state, and hardening the plastic material to obtain a vibration absorber that is captively arranged on the base body. The method also relates to a respective rail and to a continuous drive for a combustion engine.

Method for producing a tensioning or guide rail with a vibration absorber

The invention relates to a tensioning rail for a chain drive with a support body which is pivotable about a center of rotation and which has a guide channel, which can be placed in contact with a chain, and a pressing region which can be acted on with pressure by a tensioning piston, wherein the pressing region bridges the guide channel at least in regions by forming a peripherally closed guide channel section, wherein the pressing region is formed in one piece with the support body.

Tensioning rail for a chain drive with a bridging guide channel section as a pressing region

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Neufinsing, Germany

Michael Weikert