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Tensioning device for belts and the like, in particular on motor vehicle engines

US4816011A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 17, 1988
Grant dateMar 28, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 17, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2007/0846
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a tensioning device for belts and the like, in particular on motor vehicle engines, including at least two housing parts that can be swivelled relative to one another, one of which can be mounted in a stationary manner, it is provided, for the sake of unproblematic storage and reliable automatable mounting, that a screw element penetrates the housing parts in such a way that a threaded portion of the screw element protrudes freely from the stationary housing, wherein the screw element engages a bore of a plate of plastic, cardboard or the like joined to the stationary housing.

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