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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenshi Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Tsubakimoto Chain, CO, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 1/302 ;
Abstract
A power transmitting silent chain apparatus comprises a silent chain and a sprocket. The silent chain is comprised of a plurality of link plates interconnected by connector pins. Each link plate has a pair of teeth. The sprocket has a plurality of involute teeth for meshing with the link plate teeth. The link plate teeth have inner and outer flanks profiled to satisfy the expression Hi=Ho+Hs, where Hi is a distance from a pitch line of the chain to a pitch line of the inner flanks, Ho is a distance from the chain pitch line to a pitch line of the outer flanks, and Hs is an amplitude of a polygonal motion of the chain.