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Tensioner with damping system

US5073148A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1990
Grant dateDec 17, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H7/1218
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tensioner with a pulley rotatably mounted to a pivot arm that is biased with a compression spring. The tensioner has a damping system with damping spring carried by a pin attached to the pivot arm. The damping spring is in the form of a compression spring and it presses a layer of friction material against a flat surface of the tensioner.

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