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US 10,760,655 B2Granted
Tensioner
AssigneeThe Gates Corporation
InventorAndrzej Dec
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Abstract
A tensioner comprising a base having a cylindrical portion extending axially, the cylindrical portion comprising a radially outer surface and a receiving portion that is radially inward of the radially outer surface, an eccentric arm pivotally engaged with the radially outer surface, a torsion spring disposed within the radially inward receiving portion, the torsion spring applying a biasing force to the eccentric arm, and a pulley journalled to the eccentric arm.
Claims4
A tensioner comprising:
- a base cylindrical portion having a radially outer surface and a radially inward receiving portion;
- an eccentric arm pivotally engaged with the radially outer surface;
- a torsion spring disposed within the radially inward receiving portion, the torsion spring applying a biasing force to the eccentric arm;
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- an elongate member engaged with the eccentric arm and disposed to pivot is response to a rotation of the eccentric arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.