A pattern for application to the face of the tensioner arm, guide or snubber in contact with a chain to intentionally break up the chain contact force between the back of the chain links and the tensioner arm, guide or snubber face. This is done to prevent alignment with the chain related orders which are causing NVH within the chain system or to increase overall NVH to obscure chain related orders.

A belt tensioner for an engine accessory drive is installed over a pulley such that rollers extend toward the engine. Due the belt being between the tensioner and the engine, installation of the belt on the pulley is difficult. To simplify installation, a removable belt guide is included in the belt tensioner. Two methods of installing the belt and tensioner are envisioned. In a first method, the belt is first installed on the pulley and the belt guide holds the belt toward the pulley radially as the tensioner is installed over the pulley. In a second method, the belt is first installed to the tensioner and the guide holds the belt radially away from the pulley as the tensioner is installed over the pulley. In both methods, the belt guide is removed after the belt and tensioner are installed.

The present invention relates to a system (S) for supporting and tensioning chains or other transmission and/or conveyance elements installed on a machine (M). The system (S) includes a guide device (D) for the gripper and conveyor chain (M1), in which the movement of the guide device (D) corresponds to the movement of the bearings (M2). The guide device (D) includes an element (D1) for supporting and protecting a longitudinal contact element (D2), in which the support and protection element (D1) is coupled to the bearings (M2), while the longitudinal contact element (D2) is used to guide and constantly pressurize an appropriate segment of the gripper and conveyor chain (M1). The system (S) also includes an automatic tensioning unit (C) provided with a pressure element (C1).

A belt drive system includes a driving wheel, a driven wheel and a drive belt. A first and a second drive belt tensioning mechanism are included. When a first drive member rotates, it moves relative to a first mounting seat and along an axial direction of the first drive member to drive the first tensioning device to move relative to the housing. When a second drive member rotates, it drives the second tensioning device to move relative to the second mounting seat. A related automatic walking robot includes a housing, a road wheel set rotatably arranged on the housing, and a walking motor arranged on the housing for driving the road wheel set.

A snowblower belt drive system a tensioner pulley that can slide forwardly and rearwardly in a path that is substantially parallel to an endless drive belt between a drive pulley and a driven pulley. A drive belt engagement spring urges the tensioner pulley rearwardly along the slot to engage the drive pulley and driven pulley. A manual return spring urges the tensioner pulley forwardly along the slot to disengage the drive pulley and driven pulley.

An accessory drive system for an engine includes a one-piece bracket supporting a first pulley, and an auto-tensioner including a first arm end coupled to the one-piece bracket, a second arm end, and a tensioner pulley supported for rotation upon the second arm end. The first arm end rotates relative to the one-piece bracket to pivot the auto-tensioner between a first stop position and a second stop position in contact, respectively, with a first tensioner stop and a second tensioner stop formed integrally in the one-piece bracket.

A personal conveyance including a flexible substrate, a wheel and an electric motor mounted to a first wheel assembly, the wheel rotatably supported by the first wheel assembly and the electric motor configured to drive the wheel, wherein the first wheel assembly is mounted to the flexible substrate, a battery mounted to the flexible substrate and configured to power the electric motor, and a processor configured to control operation of the electric motor.

A tensioner including a support member, a thrust member supported so as to be capable of reciprocating movement in a straight line along a first direction with respect to the support member, and a contact-type flat spiral spring. The flat spiral spring is disposed adjacent to the thrust member in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The flat spiral spring has a coil axis direction running in a third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction and includes an inner-end portion anchored to the support member and an outer-end portion anchored to the thrust member so as to bias the thrust member in a forward-direction and so as to be wound-up by movement of the thrust member in a retraction-direction.

A chain tensioning device is adapted to be coupled to a vehicle body and to be adjacent to a chain, and includes a connecting segment, a metallic resilient segment, a fixing member and a guiding member. The connecting segment includes a securing portion adapted to be coupled to the vehicle body and an extending portion adapted to be under the chain. The resilient segment is connected to the extending portion of the connecting segment via the fixing member, and has a spring constant which ranges from 0.01 to 1000 N/mm, and a Young's modulus which ranges from 69 to 220 megapascals. The guiding member is connected to the resilient segment and is biased by the resilient segment for maintaining a tension of the chain.

A mechanism for adjusting the tension of a flexible transmission component, comprising: a driver; a follower, with a center distance between the center of the driver and the center of the follower; a flexible transmission component, which is a closed loop passing around the driver and the follower; a first base connecting with the driver, wherein aid first base can move in a direction of movement parallel to the center distance and away from and/or forward to the follower; a second base connecting with the follower; and at least one elastic component connecting the first base and the second base.