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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2002
Thomas Ullein, Frensdorf, DE;
Bolko Schuseil, Adelsdorf, DE;
Jeff Hewitt, Windsor, CA;
INA-Schaeffler KG, , DE;
Abstract
In a chain drive for an internal combustion engine, said chain drive comprising a driving wheel (), a driven wheel (), an endlessly circulating chain () that connects the driving wheel () and the driven wheel (), a chain tensioner () acting on the slack strand () of the chain (), and an additional tensioning device () that is loaded by a spring () and acts on the tight strand () of the chain () while being arranged for pivoting, a further driven wheel () is installed in the tight strand () of the chain drive and is used as a driving wheel for a rotatably mounted compensating shaft for offsetting free forces and moments that occur during operation of the internal combustion engine.