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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Scott Thompson, Warren, MI (US);
Andrew Kaye, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jesse Myers, Waterford, MI (US);
Assignee:
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/12 (2006.01); F16H 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/1281 (2013.01); F16H 7/1236 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0806 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0812 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0842 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0859 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0893 (2013.01);
Abstract
A belt tensioner for an accessory drive of an internal combustion engine having a lever arm rotatably assembled to a hydraulic strut assembly. The hydraulic strut assembly including a fixing eye for rotatably mounting to a mounting boss of an engine, the fixing eye having a cupped portion at a first end to seat onto the mounting boss and a travel limiter at a second end extending along an axis of the hydraulic strut to limit travel of the lever arm toward the fixing eye.