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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Manabu Hirayama, Osaka, JP;
Toyonaga Saitoh, Osaka, JP;
Kaori Mori, Osaka, JP;
Fumio Asami, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Manabu Hirayama, Osaka, JP;
Toyonaga Saitoh, Osaka, JP;
Kaori Mori, Osaka, JP;
Fumio Asami, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2006.01); F16H 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a sliding contact chain guide of the kind used in the timing transmission of an internal combustion engine, the back of the guide shoe, which engages a metal guide base, is formed with two, spaced longitudinal ribs, having between them a set of ribs formed in a lattice. The longitudinal ribs are wider than the ribs of the lattice.