WO2012021463A1 - Blade tensioner with spring retaining features - Google Patents

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WO2012021463A1
WO2012021463A1 PCT/US2011/046980 US2011046980W WO2012021463A1 WO 2012021463 A1 WO2012021463 A1 WO 2012021463A1 US 2011046980 W US2011046980 W US 2011046980W WO 2012021463 A1 WO2012021463 A1 WO 2012021463A1
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shoe
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James D. Young
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Cloyes Gear and Products Inc
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Priority to JP2013524153A priority patent/JP5813113B2/ja
Priority to CN201180048638.7A priority patent/CN103154571B/zh
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H7/00—Gearings for conveying rotary motion by endless flexible members
    • F16H7/08—Means for varying tension of belts, ropes or chains 
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H7/00—Gearings for conveying rotary motion by endless flexible members
    • F16H7/08—Means for varying tension of belts, ropes or chains 
    • F16H2007/0802—Actuators for final output members
    • F16H2007/0804—Leaf springs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H7/00—Gearings for conveying rotary motion by endless flexible members
    • F16H7/08—Means for varying tension of belts, ropes or chains 
    • F16H2007/0863—Finally actuated members, e.g. constructional details thereof
    • F16H2007/0872—Sliding members
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H7/00—Gearings for conveying rotary motion by endless flexible members
    • F16H7/18—Means for guiding or supporting belts, ropes, or chains

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  • FIGS. 3 - 5 illustrates the known blade assembly BAS' by itself, separated from the bracket K.
  • the shoe B' is a one-piece molded polymeric construction and the spring S is a one-piece metal stamping leaf-spring structure or the like.
  • the shoe B' includes a rear face RF that lies adjacent and/or slidably abuts the main wall of the bracket K when the blade assembly BAS' is operatively installed on the bracket K.
  • the shoe B' also includes an opposite front face FF that is spaced from the bracket main wall MW and that faces away from the bracket main wall MW when the blade assembly BAS' is operatively installed on the bracket T.
  • prior art patents show such blade-type mechanical chain tensioning devices that include a blade spring that can be manufactured from spring steel strip stock without any notches or cutouts to the spring and which are normally cut to length from the steel strip stock and then formed to provide a desired free height.
  • a blade spring that can be manufactured from spring steel strip stock without any notches or cutouts to the spring and which are normally cut to length from the steel strip stock and then formed to provide a desired free height.
  • prior U.S. Pat. No. 5,286,234 to James D. Young discloses a chain tensioner wherein such a blade spring is received laterally into a slot of an elongated plastic shoe and the spring is laterally restrained on one side by the outside walls of the shoe at each end of the slot and on the opposite side by the tensioner bracket wall.
  • the first spring-receiving slot includes: (i) a first lower wall that is spaced from and faces the inner surface of the shoe central portion; (ii) a first outer wall located adjacent a front face of the shoe and connected to the first lower wall; and, (iii) a first locking tab located adjacent a rear face of the shoe and connected to the first lower wall. The first locking tab extends only partially toward and is spaced from the inner surface of the shoe central portion.
  • first and second locking tabs T1 ,T2 ensures that the inner spring edge E2 is always spaced at least a minimum stand-off distance D from the rear face RF of the shoe B (and from the bracket main wall MW located adjacent the rear face RF, which is not shown in FIG. 7). This prevents damage to the bracket main wall MW and/or to the tensioner blade assembly BAS as described above in relation to the known tensioner assembly T'.

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  • Devices For Conveying Motion By Means Of Endless Flexible Members (AREA)
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EP11749045.8A EP2603717B1 (en) 2010-08-09 2011-08-08 Blade tensioner with spring retaining features
JP2013524153A JP5813113B2 (ja) 2010-08-09 2011-08-08 ばね保持機構を有するブレードテンショナ
CN201180048638.7A CN103154571B (zh) 2010-08-09 2011-08-08 具有弹簧保持特性的叶片张紧器

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US61/372,088 2010-08-09

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