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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew W. Crump, Cortland, NY (US);
Christopher Van Loon, Ithaca, NY (US);
Sean R. Simmons, Ithaca, NY (US);
Joseph P. Goodsell, Groton, NY (US);
Assignee:
BORGWARNER INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2006.01); F16H 7/18 (2006.01); F16H 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2013.01); F16H 7/06 (2013.01); F16H 7/18 (2013.01); F16H 2007/081 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0804 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0844 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0846 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0872 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0874 (2013.01);
Abstract
A chain tensioning device which combats natural build-up of chain slack. In controlling the chain slack, the torque at which a chain jumps occurs is delayed resulting in a higher jump torque performance.