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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Fukuyama, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2006.01); F16H 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2013.01); F16H 7/18 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0872 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0893 (2013.01); F16H 2007/185 (2013.01);
Abstract
To simplify a structure and reduce costs. A shoe for a chain guide or for a chain tensioner arm is constructed. Here, a shoe () has a chain sliding surface () on which a chain slides. A locking protrusion such as a clip, a tab or a hook for locking the shoe () to a tensioner arm main body () of a chain tensioner arm () is not provided on an end surface of the shoe () or on a surface on the rear side of the chain sliding surface (). Furthermore, the shoe () has a uniform cross-sectional shape over the whole length and extends linearly in the longitudinal direction.