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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Rudolf Polster, Baiersdorf, DE;
Rudolf Berger, Simmerath, DE;
Michael Bogner, Eckental, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
INA-Schaeffler KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H007/08 ; F16H007/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A traction device for an internal combustion engine includes a tensioning device having two lever arms of different lengths which are rigidly connected together and which are pivotally mounted for rotation about a rotation axis. Each of the lever arms supports on one end a tension pulley. The tensioning device is provided for positioning the tension pulleys on a pulling strand and a return strand by imposing an elastic force thereon.