Variable tensioner
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSuengwoo Seo
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Abstract
A variable tensioner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: a base, an arm including a boss and a mounting portion, wherein the boss is co-axially and rotatably coupled to the base and a pulley is coaxially and rotatably mounted to the mounting portion, the arm forming an elastic member insert recess with the base, an elastic member mounted in the elastic member insert recess, one end of the elastic member fixed to the base and the other end of the elastic member fixed to the boss, and a tension actuator deforming a portion of the elastic member according to signal of an engine control unit.
Claims17
A variable tensioner comprising:
- a base;
- an arm including a boss and a mounting portion, wherein the boss is co-axially and rotatably coupled to the base and a pulley is coaxially and rotatably mounted to the mounting portion, the arm forming an elastic member insert recess with the base;
- an elastic member mounted in the elastic member insert recess, one end of the elastic member fixed to the base and the other end of the elastic member fixed to the boss;
- and
- a tension actuator deforming a portion of the elastic member according to signal of an engine control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.