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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
John Harvey, Novi, MI (US);
Oliver Stegelmann, Strathroy, CA;
Assignee:
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/12 (2006.01); F02N 15/08 (2006.01); F16H 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/129 (2013.01); F02N 15/08 (2013.01); F16H 7/1281 (2013.01); F16H 2007/081 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0806 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0865 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0874 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0893 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tensioner comprising a first pivot arm having a first pulley journalled thereto and engagable with a mounting surface through a first pivot axis, a second pivot arm having a second pulley journalled thereto, the second pivot arm pivotally engaged to the first pivot arm through a second pivot axis, the second pivot axis disposed from the first pivot axis, a biasing member engaged between the first pivot arm and the second pivot arm urging the first pulley toward the second pulley, and the second pivot axis is between the first pulley and the first pivot axis.