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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Iwis Motorsysteme Gmbh & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
Franz Stiglmaier, Munich, DE;
IWIS MOTORSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A chain drive for an internal combustion engine, comprises a driving sprocket, at least one driven sprocket, a drive chain coupling the sprockets, a pivotably supported tensioning rail which is pressed against one of the spans of the drive chain, and a slide rail which abuts on another of the spans of the drive chain, wherein the slide rail and the tensioning rail have a common base body, which is arranged such that it is pivotable about a common pivot axis, and the arcuate portion of a slide surface of the slide rail, which comes into contact with the drive chain during operation, has an axis of curvature or axes of curvature, and the arcuate portion of a slide surface of the tensioning rail, which comes into contact with the drive chain, has an axis of curvature or axes of curvature.