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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:
Dec. 06, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry W Thomey, St. Clair Beach, CA;
Andrezj Dec, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
The Gates Rubber Company, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474112 ; 474135 ;
Abstract
A spring bias tensioner of the eccentric type with a fixed cam ring and rotatable cam ring activated by a torsion spring wherein the cam rings generate an axially force to engage radial friction sliding surfaces to affect damping as a pivot arm of the tensioner is moved.