Timing belt tensioner with improved construction

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11353092
APP PUB NO 20210140518A1
SERIAL NO

16605971

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In an aspect, a tensioner is provided for an endless drive member, and includes a shaft-and-base unit, a tensioner arm, a pulley, and a tensioner spring. The shaft-and-base unit is mountable to be stationary relative to an engine, and includes a fastener aperture for a fastener. The tensioner arm is pivotable relative to the shaft-and-base unit about a tensioner arm axis. The pulley is rotatably mounted to the tensioner arm for rotation and is engageable with an endless drive member. The tensioner spring is positioned to urge the tensioner arm in a first direction relative to the shaft-and-base unit. The tensioner spring includes a plurality of coils that are arranged generally helically about a longitudinal axis and are spaced radially from one another and generally increase in distance away from the axis in a longitudinal direction.

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LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP730 ROWNTREE DAIRY ROAD WOODBRIDGE ONTARIO L4L5T7 L4L5T7

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baljozovic, Milos Toronto, CA 2 0
Comsa, Rares I Newmarket, CA 6 104
Dinca, Flaviu V Richmond Hill, CA 4 45

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