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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshio Takeda, Nagoya, JP;
Yukimori Kobayashi, Gamagori, JP;
Katsumi Hirabayashi, Anjo, JP;
Shinji Kazaoka, Chiryu, JP;
Assignee:
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-pref., JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474138 ; 474110 ;
Abstract
An automatic hydraulic tensioner according to the present invention is provided with a communication mechanism for allowing a space radially inside a plunger-side end wire portion of a coil spring to communicate with a small clearance between the plunger and a cylinder. This automatic hydraulic tensioner thus succeeds, with a simple structure, in preventing bubbles from remaining within a pressure chamber and appropriately maintaining the tension applied to a power transmitting means such as a belt, a chain or the like.