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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Opex Corporation, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Kerry O'Mara, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
OPEX Corporation, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2006.01); B65G 23/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2013.01); B65G 23/44 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0825 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0842 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0891 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0895 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0897 (2013.01);
Abstract
An actuator for transmitting an input force in a first direction from an input mechanism to a force in a second direction at an output mechanism. The actuator may be incorporated into a tensioner for tensioning a belt. The device includes a plurality of aligned spherical elements in a curved raceway. The input mechanism transmits force to a first of the series of spherical elements. The spherical elements are substantially incompressible so that the series of spherical elements transmits the force along the curved raceway from the input mechanism to the output mechanism.