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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:
Jul. 05, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yorishige Maeda, Toyota, JA;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7424 / ; 7424 / ;
Abstract
A timing belt tensioner for an internal combustion engine comprising a base plate pivotally mounted about one end of the base plate to the front of the engine, a first arcuous slot formed in the base plate and extending along an arc having its center of curvature at the pivot axis of the base plate, a cylindrical tensioner bearing holder disposed on the base plate, a tensioner bearing rotatably coupled to the bearing holder, a second arcuous slot in the bearing holder corresponding to the first arcuous slot in the base plate, and a bolt extending through the first and second arcuous slot for fixing the position of the timing belt tensioner on the engine.