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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Scott Willis, Gibraltar, MI (US);
Kwan Jamal Barber, Southfield, MI (US);
James Basile, Dundee, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/12 (2006.01); F16H 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/1281 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0842 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0865 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0882 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0893 (2013.01);
Abstract
A belt tensioning system includes a stretch belt rotationally connected to a crankshaft pulley and an accessory pulley, and a tensioning device including a pivoting arm having a tensioning pulley coupled thereto and an arm stop positioned in a path of the pivoting arm to limit the rotation of the pivoting arm. Additionally, the tensioning device does not include a spring tensioner and is configurable in a tensioned configuration and an un-tensioned configuration.