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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/12 (2006.01); F02B 67/06 (2006.01); F16H 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/1263 (2013.01); F02B 67/06 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0806 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0842 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0865 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0874 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0891 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0897 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automatic belt tensioner for a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The automatic belt tensioner includes an arm body including an upper arm on which first and second idlers are mounted and a lower arm on which a third idler is mounted. The automatic belt tensioner further includes a spring provided between the upper arm and the lower arm and providing elastic force for relative longitudinal movement of the upper arm and the lower arm, and a rail bracket mounting the arm body on an engine and guiding relative longitudinal vertical motion of the arm body.