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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Lucian Botez, Novi, MI (US);
Jason Eaton, Livonia, MI (US);
Jeffrey Hewitt, Windsor, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A guide or tensioning rail () for a traction drive is provided, with the guide or tensioning rail () having at least one bearing lug () with a sleeve (). In order to simplify the assembly of the rail () during installation of the traction drive, the sleeve () on one end has a radially protruding flange () having two opposing detent recesses (), and two corresponding detent protrusions () are formed on the bearing lug ().