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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry W Thomey, St. Clair Beach, CA;
Andrezj Dec, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
Gates Power Drive Products, Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474112 ; 474135 ;
Abstract
A tensioner of the eccentric type with a pivot-pin and pivot bushing disposed within the confines of an inside diameter of a bearing member attached to a stub shaft, the shaft having an axially oriented groove that receives the pivot bushing. A tensioner where the pivot bushing has a wall thickness sized to receive a load from the pivot-pin and where such thickness is greater than a radial dimension between the pivot-pin and a circumference for the stub shaft.