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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Dayco Europe S.r.l., Chieti, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/12 (2006.01); F16H 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/1209 (2013.01); F16H 2007/081 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0861 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0865 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0882 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0893 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tensioner that has a base adapted to be secured to an engine, and at least one arm hinged to a pin fixed to the base and bearing a pulley adapted to cooperate with a belt of a transmission of the engine, and elastic means for pushing the at least one arm in a direction so as to keep the pulley against the belt. The tensioner has sensor means for acquiring in real time a plurality of data relating to the tensioner to estimate the state of efficiency of the same.