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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:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry W Thomey, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
Gates Power Drive Products, Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474138 ;
Abstract
A tensioner with a pulley rotatably mounted onto a pivot arm where movement of the pivot arm is biased with a compression spring and movement is inhibited with a damping device. The compression spring is articulately mounted in such a manner that the torque output measured at the pivot arm may be substantially constant if so desired.