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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:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Emile A Bakker, Gulpen, NL;
Assignee:
The Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16H / ; F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474 94 ; 474115 ; 474135 ;
Abstract
A belt tensioner of the Zed type with a pivot-arm, a pulley attached to the pivot-arm for receiving a belt load, a pivot, a base, and a torsion spring operatively connected between the pivot-arm and base and wherein damping of the pivot-arm is primarily provided by a pivot bushing in response to the belt load and a force generated by the spring.