Patent · US Expired

Compensating mechanism

US4061050A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 10, 1976
Grant dateDec 6, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 10, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a two-wheel vehicle, a compensating mechanism allowing the mounting of a driving sprocket and a cantilevered driven sprocket as to each other such that the driven sprocket is held at a desired degree of constant tensioned relationship with respect to the driving sprocket during normal operation and/or moments of subnormal operation wherein the suspension is momentarily directed vertically upwardly or downwardly due to uneven terrain or other circumstance.

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