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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:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1999
Akio Matsuda, Hisai, JP;
Borg-Warner Automotive K.K., Nabari, JP;
Abstract
A silent chain and sprocket combination includes a silent chain having a plurality of interleaved links, each link having a pair of teeth, with each tooth having an inner flank and an outer flank. The links of the chain engage the sprocket teeth on their inside flanks during initial engagement and full engagement. The sprocket tooth has a flank shape with a first part that matches the lower portion of the shape of the inside flank of the link tooth and a sprocket tooth flank shape with a second part that matches the upper part of the link tooth shape.
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