Belt drive for driving a motor vehicle, in particular a motorcycle, and motor vehicle, in particular a motorcycle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMatthias Halfer, Franz Wimmer
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Abstract
A belt drive for driving a motor vehicle, comprising a first belt pulley which can be driven by a drive motor of the motor vehicle, a belt which at least partly wraps around the first belt pulley and can thus be driven by the first belt pulley, a second belt pulley which is at least partly wrapped by the belt and can thus be driven by the belt, whereby a vehicle wheel of the motor vehicle, and thus the motor vehicle, can be driven by the belt drive via the second belt pulley, and at least one damping element which directly contacts one strand of the belt in order to dampen vibrations of the strand.
Claims9
A belt drive for driving a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a first belt pulley that is able to be driven by a drive motor of the motor vehicle,
- a belt which wraps at least partially around the first belt pulley and is able to be driven by the first belt pulley as a result,
- a second belt pulley around which the belt wraps at least partially and which is able to be driven by the belt, with the result that, via the second belt pulley, a vehicle wheel of the motor vehicle and the motor vehicle are able to be driven by the belt drive,
- at least one damping element, in direct contact with a strand of the belt, for damping vibrations of the strand, and
- at least one tensioning device, provided in addition to the damping element, via which the belt is tensioned,
- wherein the belt is tensioned more via the tensioning device than via the damping element.
A motor vehicle comprising:
- a drive motor,
- at least one vehicle wheel, and
- a belt drive configured to drive the motor vehicle, the belt drive comprising:
- a first belt pulley that is able to be driven by the drive motor of the motor vehicle,
- a belt which wraps at least partially around the first belt pulley and is able to be driven by the first belt pulley,
- a second belt pulley around which the belt wraps at least partially and which is able to be driven by the belt, with the result that, via the second belt pulley, the vehicle wheel of the motor vehicle and the motor vehicle are able to be driven,
- at least one damping element, in direct contact with a strand of the belt, for damping vibrations of the strand, and
- at least one tensioning device, provided in addition to the damping element, via which the belt is tensioned,
- wherein the belt is tensioned more via the tensioning device than via the damping element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.