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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2009
Applicant:
Vince Paul Solferino, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Vince Paul Solferino, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 75/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An internal combustion engine having a crankshaft and first and second balance shafts which are gear driven from one to the other, as a unilateral tensioning system applied to a flexible drive extending between the engine's crankshaft and a first one of the balance shafts, with the unilateral tensioning system being applied to the tension side alone of the flexible and inextensible drive element.