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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2009
William C. Deneszczuk, Saline, MI (US);
Joel M. Maguire, Northville, MI (US);
William C. Deneszczuk, Saline, MI (US);
Joel M. Maguire, Northville, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A drive belt tensioner assembly for a motor-generator unit is comprises a motor-generator unit having a rotatable drive pulley, configured to engage a drive belt, extending therefrom. A drive belt assembly housing is fixed to the motor-generator unit and has an inner surface defining an opening through which the rotatable drive pulley of the motor-generator unit extends. A tensioner mounting ring is mounted to, and rotatable with respect to, the drive belt assembly housing. A tensioner pulley is mounted for rotation on the tensioner mounting ring and is configured to engage the drive belt on a side of the motor-generator unit drive pulley. A biasing assembly having a first end mounted to the tensioner mounting ring and a second end mounted in a fixed relationship to the motor-generator unit exerts a biasing force on the tensioner mounting ring to rotate the ring and the tensioner pulley against the drive belt.