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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Inventor:
William Fraser Lacy, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/02 (2006.01); F16H 55/17 (2006.01); F16H 35/00 (2006.01); F01L 1/02 (2006.01); F01L 1/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/023 (2013.01); F01L 1/024 (2013.01); F01L 1/047 (2013.01); F16H 35/00 (2013.01); F16H 55/171 (2013.01); F01L 2820/01 (2013.01); F16H 2035/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A synchronous belt drive system comprising a first obround sprocket having a toothed surface and at least one linear portion disposed between two arcuate portions, the arcuate portions having a constant radius, the linear portion having a predetermined length, a sprocket having a toothed surface, the sprocket engaged to the first obround sprocket by an endless toothed member, and the first obround sprocket having a magnitude and a phase such that an angular displacement timing error between the sprocket and the first obround sprocket is less than 1.5 degree peak to peak.