Tensioning rail with wear protection element
AssigneeIwis Motorsysteme GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsPhillipp VON VOPELIUS-FELDT, Franz STIGLMAIER
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Abstract
A tensioning rail for a drive chain, in particular for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine, comprises a basic body and a spring unit, the basic body including a sliding surface for contact with the drive chain and a press-on surface. The spring unit comprises a tensioning end arranged on the press-on surface and a support end supportable on a counter bearing, a wear protection element being provided, which is arranged at the support end of the spring unit. In addition, the invention relates to a chain drive including such a tensioning rail as well as to the use of such a tensioning rail for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine.
Claims10
A tensioning rail for a drive chain comprising a basic body and a spring unit, the basic body including a sliding surface for contact with the drive chain and a press-on surface, wherein the spring unit comprises a tensioning end arranged on the press-on surface and a support end supportable on a counter bearing, wherein a wear protection element is provided, said wear protection element being arranged at the support end of the spring unit.
A chain drive of an internal combustion engine, comprising a drive gear and at least one driven gear, an articulated chain wrapped around the drive gear and the at least one driven gear, and a tensioning rail contacting the articulated chain,
- the tensioning rail comprising a basic body and a spring unit, the basic body including a sliding surface for contact with the articulated chain and a press-on surface, wherein the spring unit comprises a tensioning end arranged on the press-on surface and a support end supportable on a counter bearing, wherein a wear protection element is provided at the support end of the spring unit.
The use of a tensioning rail, which comprises a basic body and a spring unit, for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine, wherein the spring unit comprises a tensioning end arranged on the press-on surface of the basic body and a support end supportable on a counter bearing, and
- wherein a wear protection element is provided between the support end and the counter bearing during operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.