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US 9,850,989 B2Granted
Compliant tensioner arm
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsGregory Cowen, Ryan Duffy, Lucian Botez
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Abstract
A compliant tensioner arm assembly including an arm, an elastically deformable body disposed on a surface of the arm, and a sliding surface disposed on the elastically deformable body is disclosed. The elastically deformable body allows the sliding surface to yield to a load condition of the sliding surface so that the sliding surface yields to the load condition.
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A compliant tensioner arm assembly comprising:
- an arm;
- an elastically deformable body disposed on a surface of the arm;
- and
- a sliding surface disposed on the elastically deformable body,
- wherein the deformable body reacts to a load condition of the sliding surface so that the sliding surface yields to the load condition, wherein one or more internal surfaces define one or more voids within the elastically deformable body.
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A compliant tensioner arm assembly comprising:
- an arm;
- an elastically deformable body disposed on a surface of the arm;
- and
- a sliding surface disposed on the elastically deformable body,
- wherein the deformable body reacts to a load condition of the sliding surface so that the sliding surface yields to the load condition, wherein the elastically deformable body includes a pattern of raised surfaces on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.