Drive chain tensioner assembly
OwnerRichard Mellick Zockinventor
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Abstract
A drive chain tensioner assembly for all-terrain and utility vehicles, wherein the drive chain tensioner provides a tension spring between the axis of rotation and a distal portion of a mounting bracket, wherein the mounting bracket and tension spring are coplanar. The proximal portion of the mounting bracket is rotatably connected about a second pivot point spaced apart from a first pivot point associated with the axis of rotation by way of a tension arm. A bracket head may interconnect the second pivot point and the mounting bracket. The tension spring and second pivot point affords the present invention with functional self-adjustability as a result of the foregoing.
Claims11
A drive chain tensioner assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a tension spring coplanar with a mounting bracket, wherein the tension spring extends between a first pivot point of a sprocket of a drive chain and a distal portion of the mounting bracket, and wherein a proximal portion of the mounting bracket engages a second pivot point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.