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Belt tensioner

US5967919A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 1997
Grant dateOct 19, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2007/081
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A belt tensioner of the Zed type with a pivot-arm, a pulley attached to the pivot-arm for receiving a belt load, a pivot, a base, and a torsion spring operatively connected between the pivot-arm and base and wherein damping of the pivot-arm is primarily provided by a pivot bushing in response to the belt load and a force generated by the spring.

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