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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Baranowski, Würselen, DE;
Maik Broda, Würselen, DE;
Kevin John Maile, Southend on Sea, GB;
Brian David Pearce, Enfield, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2006.01); B60K 6/22 (2007.10); F16H 7/18 (2006.01); F16H 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2013.01); B60K 6/22 (2013.01); F16H 7/06 (2013.01); F16H 7/18 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0005 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0872 (2013.01); F16H 2007/185 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a tensioning arm. In one example, the tensioning arm comprises a plurality of carbon fibers with electrically conductive fibers arranged therein configured to supply current to a pair of bushings arranged distally to one another to heat lubricant arranged proximally thereto in response to a temperature of the tensioning arm being less than or equal to a threshold temperature.