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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/12 (2006.01); F16H 7/08 (2006.01); F02B 67/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/1218 (2013.01); F02B 67/06 (2013.01); F16H 7/0831 (2013.01); F16H 2007/081 (2013.01); F16H 2007/084 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0819 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0865 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0893 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tensioner comprising a base, a pivot arm pivotally engaged with the base, a pulley journalled to the pivot arm, a torsion spring urging the pivot arm, the torsion spring loaded in the unwinding direction, the torsion spring engaged with a damping shoe, the damping shoe frictionally engaging the base, and the damping shoe having a damping shoe portion comprising PTFE mixed within a plastic matrix material, the PTFE comprising between 2% and 4% of the plastic matrix material by weight.