| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 474198000 |
With stationary support for pulley or guide roll
| 18 |
| 474174000 |
Pulley or guide roll including circumferential belt-receiving groove
| 9 |
| 474171000 |
And additional coaxial surface for engaging same belt in shifted condition or for engaging auxiliary belt, brake, or clutch member
| 8 |
| 474168000 |
Including plural, coaxial, circumferential belt-receiving grooves
| 7 |
| 474190000 |
Including nonmetallic belt-engaging surface portion
| 6 |
| 474167000 |
With particular belt | 3 |
| 20090062050 | BELT TRANSMISSION DEVICE - [Purpose] A belt drive system, in which a drive belt | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090124443 | Belt drive - A belt drive of an internal combustion engine, wherein the belt pulleys are connected by an elastomer belt, for creating a mounting position, the belt pulley can be eccentrically pivoted about the screw connection after the screw connection has been removed whereby due to the diminishing distance between the axes of the belt pulleys, the placing of the elastomer belt in the required position is simplified. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090156343 | Force multiplying control cable system - A control system for use in an HVAC unit comprises a circular pulley, a semi-circular pulley, and a cable interconnecting the pulleys to rotate a spur gear. A flange extends about the periphery of the semi-circular pulley and pulley gear teeth extend radially inwardly from the flange and engage the spur gear teeth. The spur gear is rotatably supported on a gear shaft which extends through a slot in the semi-circular pulley that extends arcuately between two slot ends. The slot is spaced radially between the flange and a support shaft of the semi-circular pulley thereby allowing the semi-circular pulley and the spur gear to overlap to attain compact packaging of the system. | 06-18-2009 |
| 474195000 |
With spokes connecting rim to hub | 2 |
| 20140121050 | Low Noise Pulley - Low-noise pulleys and methods of constructing low-noise pulleys are disclosed. In a first aspect, first and second pluralities of arms extending radially outward from the outer hub to the outer rim are angularly offset from each other about the axis of rotation to eliminate symmetry across the lateral midline of the pulley. In a second aspect, the radially outermost ends of a plurality of arms are arcuately spaced apart according to a pitch sequence describing a pseudo-random pattern of relative spacings so as to reduce or eliminate rotational symmetry of the pulley. In a third aspect, features of the first and second aspects are combined, and in one embodiment, first and second pluralities of arms are, respectively, approximately oppositely canted so as to vary the arcuate spacings of the laterally outermost ends of the arms. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140121051 | Low Noise Pulley - Low-noise pulleys and methods of constructing low-noise pulleys are disclosed. In a first aspect, first and second pluralities of arms extending radially outward from the outer hub to the outer rim are angularly offset from each other about the axis of rotation to eliminate symmetry across the lateral midline of the pulley. In a second aspect, the radially outermost ends of a plurality of arms are arcuately spaced apart according to a pitch sequence describing a pseudo-random pattern of relative spacings so as to reduce or eliminate rotational symmetry of the pulley. In a third aspect, features of the first and second aspects are combined, and in one embodiment, first and second pluralities of arms are, respectively, approximately oppositely canted so as to vary the arcuate spacings of the laterally outermost ends of the arms. | 05-01-2014 |
| 474184000 |
Pulley or guide roll having plural, discrete belt-engaging faces for engaging flat belt | 2 |
| 20130203536 | Integral Support And Build Fixture For A Wing Pulley And Associated Methods - A wing pulley has a support that acts as a fixture to assist in locating the wings of the wing pulley and the spacers of the wing pulley during manufacture of the pulley. Methods of constructing the wing pulley are also disclosed. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140256489 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - A system for controlling a medical device includes a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and a plurality of arms extending radially outwards from the shaft. Each arm includes an inward end positioned near the shaft and an outward end. The system also includes a collapsible pulley formed from a plurality of pulley pieces. At least one of the pulley pieces is slidably mounted on at least one of the plurality of arms and has a surface configured to receive at least one control element. The system further includes at least one biasing member located between the shaft and the at least one slidably-mounted pulley piece. | 09-11-2014 |
| 474197000 |
Cylindrical rim interconnected to axially spaced support members | 1 |
| 20100009796 | CAM DAMPED PULLEY FOR ROTARY DEVICES - A drive system for a rotary device, such as an automotive alternator compensates for and dampens the effect of sudden bidirectional rotational velocity variations of the pulley caused by sudden acceleration and deceleration of an internal combustion engine without using a one-way clutch. The drive system in one aspect comprises an axially movable cam member rotatably supported on a hub that is connected to the alternator shaft and that is journaled within the pulley. The cam member is coupled to the pulley by splines so that it rotates with the pulley while affording axial movement. Springs urge the cam member into engagement with a cam follower on the hub. Upon sudden acceleration or deceleration of the pulley, the cam member rotates angularly relative to the cam follower and moves axially to compress the springs, which exert a restoring force on the cam member and cam follower to eliminate their relative angular rotation. In other aspects, projections on the pulley and the hub operate on springs or fluid filled chambers to dampen sudden velocity changes. | 01-14-2010 |
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| 20090082148 | TRANSMISSION WITH PULLEYS AND A DRIVE BELT - A continuously variable transmission is provided with a drive belt ( | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090186728 | Power transmission apparatus - A power transmission apparatus includes a pulley | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090247338 | Pulley wheel - A pulley wheel adapted to a roll seat of a door or a window includes a hollow wheel seat and a bush; the wheel seat being comprised of a first and a second ring seat and defining a ring space between both ring seats; two concentric slotted holes being respectively disposed at axes of both ring seats to make a set of connection hole for receiving tight placement of the bush therein; and both ring seats being each med of a metal plate punched into shape with a hollow space to provide easy production of the pulley wheel and reduced production costs. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090291793 | Pulley Apparatus for Retaining an Object in a Stationary Position - A system and method for retaining an object in a stationary position is provided. Generally, the system contains a pulley apparatus for retaining an object in a stationary position, the apparatus comprising a conical pulley rotateable about an axis, an exterior surface of the pulley having a convex shape, a pulley cable in communication with the exterior surface and an angular biasing mechanism applying a torquing force to the pulley. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100009795 | PULLEY FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - Disclosed is a pulley capable of meeting requirements for both enhancement in friction coefficient, and maintenance of abrasion resistance, required of a belt CVT (continuously variable transmission). | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100075792 | BELT CLUTCH - An improved belt clutch engages to couple one shaft to at least one other shaft and disengaged to decouple the shafts. Known belt clutches fail to smoothly and completely disengage the belt from traction pulleys on the shafts and drag results. The improved belt clutch includes rollers outlining the engaged belt and constrain the disengaged belt to smoothly and completely disengage the belt from the traction pulleys. The new improved belt clutch provides, among other things, higher efficiency when driven in either direction and smoother operation when engaged or disengaged at high speed than prior art belt clutches. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100160102 | CHROMIUM(VI)-FREE COMPOSITION FOR PROTECTION OF A GALVANIZED METAL SURFACE AGAINST CORROSION, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IT AND PULLEY - An arrangement for protecting a substrate against corrosion, including a substrate, in particular a metallic substrate, and an electrically conductive corrosion protection layer applied to the substrate to protect the substrate against corrosion, which layer has a zinc-containing layer which has been applied to the substrate and has a passivation layer which has been applied to the zinc-containing layer for passivating the zinc-containing layer and contains many particles of hard material which have such a nature that the particles of hard material increase the coefficient of friction on a free surface of the passivation layer compared to a conversion layer without particles of hard material but leave the electrical conductivity of the passivation layer essentially unchanged. The invention further relates to a process for producing such an arrangement and a pulley. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100304908 | SHAFT OF BELT-TYPE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION, STATIONARY SHEAVE HALF FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - The position of a ball bearing ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110009220 | Tensioning Roller or Winder Device - The chain or belt tensioning roller or winder device is provided with a rolling bearing | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110015018 | PULLEY UNIT - A rotation adjusting mechanism is provided in a power transmission path from a pulley to a rotation shaft and includes an elastic member and a clutch mechanism. The elastic member reduces a minute change in rotation generated in at least one of the pulley and the rotating shaft by its elastic deformation. The clutch mechanism is provided in an intermediate position of the power transmission path from the elastic member to the rotating shaft and configured to interrupt the power transmission from the pulley to the rotating shaft when a rotation speed of the pulley lowers below a rotation speed of the rotating shaft by a predetermined value or greater. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110039648 | DEFLECTED BEARING SHIELD AS A BEARING SEAL FOR A PULLEY ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a pulley assembly including a pulley having an axis of rotation a pulley shell, and a bearing; a shaft having a pulley-receiving end that receives the pulley; and a first bearing shield disposed at the pulley-receiving end of the shaft. The pulley shell includes an annular wall that defines an opening for housing the bearing. The bearing is housed therein and has an inner race, outer race, and a rolling element. The first bearing shield includes a deflected sealing member biases against at least one of the outer race of the bearing and the pulley shell as a first contact seal to protect the bearing from contaminants. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110111900 | Pulley Device for Tensioning Idler or Runner Roller - The pulley device for a belt or chain tensioning idler or runner roller comprises a pulley ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110118067 | Drive with Belt - Disclosed herein are embodiments of a hub comprising a hub shell provided with a first flange and a second flange, a composite axle that is provided with a plurality of stops, a first end, and a second end, a first end cap and a second end cap, wherein the first end cap is secured to the first end of the composite axle, and the second end cap is secured to the second end of the composite axle. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110152024 | Mechanical Power Service Communicating Device and System - A mechanical power communicating device and a modular system of a host and a mechanical power communicating device for communicating a mechanical power service. A first component of the mechanical power communicating device communicates a mechanical power service from host to a second component of the mechanical power communicating device or to a functional device. The mechanical power communicating device may be a functional device, an adapter for coupling a functional device to a host, or a functional unit of an adapter and a functional device. The mechanical power communicating device may include a first component having a first interface connectable to the host, the first component pivotally connected to a second component having a second interface connectable to the functional device. The modular system may include a host having differently oriented mechanical power service interfaces and the mechanical power communicating device. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110152025 | Pulley Device for a Tensioning or Guide Roller - A pulley device for a belt or chain tensioning or guide roller includes a pulley, a rolling bearing, and a spacer configured to support the rolling bearing and having a transverse mounting surface disposeable against an external element. An attachment member includes a threaded portion with an outer diameter and a retaining ring is disposed on the attachment member and retains the attachment member axially relative to the spacer. The ring has an inner diameter lesser than the outer diameter of the threaded portion in a free state and opening such that the ring is radially deflectable. Preferably, the spacer has a recess extending from the mounting surface defined by a frustaconical surface tapering outwardly toward the mounting surface and a shoulder extending inwardly from the frustoconical surface, the ring being deflectable radially inwardly by the recess so as to be disposed generally against the shoulder of the recess. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110212800 | Pulley - A pulley comprises a hollow-cylinder support element rotatably supporting a hollow body about a rotational axis and having first and second dome-shaped axial ends. An attachment element has a central axis extending in an axial direction and a complementary dome-shaped axial end abutting the first dome-shaped axial end of the support element. A rod extends within the support element and has a first axial end fixedly connectable with the complementary dome-shaped axial end of the attachment element. A fixing element is connected with a second axial end of the rod and has a complementary dome-shaped axial end abutting the second dome-shaped axial end of the support element. The rotational axis of the hollow body is angularly pivotable relative to the central axis at the fixing element. One of the first and second dome-shaped axial ends of the support element is concave and the other is convex. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110300979 | Low Noise Pulley - Low-noise pulleys and methods of constructing low-noise pulleys are disclosed. In a first aspect, first and second pluralities of arms extending radially outward from the outer hub to the outer rim are angularly offset from each other about the axis of rotation to eliminate symmetry across the lateral midline of the pulley. In a second aspect, the radially outermost ends of a plurality of arms are arcuately spaced apart according to a pitch sequence describing a pseudo-random pattern of relative spacings so as to reduce or eliminate rotational symmetry of the pulley. In a third aspect, features of the first and second aspects are combined, and in one embodiment, first and second pluralities of arms are, respectively, approximately oppositely canted so as to vary the arcuate spacings of the laterally outermost ends of the arms. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120028745 | IDLER AND BEARING ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - The assembly comprises a bearing unit ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20130012346 | VEHICLE ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND CAP STRUCTURE OF PULLEY FOR THE SAME - A vehicle rotating electrical machine includes a pulley unit and a cap that covers an opening portion of the pulley unit. The pulley unit includes a pulley shaft that has a hollow cylindrical shape and is mechanically connected to a rotation shaft. On an inner peripheral surface of the pulley shaft, a polygonally-shaped hole portion, a first and a second circular hole portions, and an inner diameter thread portion are formed. The cap includes a planar section and a plurality of pillar sections. The planar section covers the opening portion. The pillar sections extend from the planar section to the inner diameter thread portion, and include a bulge portion that bulges outward in a radial direction of the pulley shaft. The bulge portion is located at a position corresponding to the second circular hole portion in a state where the opening portion is covered by the planar section. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130225344 | PULLEY DEVICE WITH A DAMPING ELEMENT - Pulley device for a rotary machine, and in particular a compressor, comprising a pulley, a rolling bearing, a torque transmission plate having an axial sleeve designed to be mounted on a rotary spindle of the rotary machine and a radial plate extending radially from the axial sleeve and having the general shape of a disc, said pulley being mounted on an outer ring of the rolling bearing and on the torque transmission plate, the torque transmission plate being able to transmit a rotational movement from the pulley to the rotary spindle. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130288838 | STEEL FOR BELT-TYPE CVT PULLEY AND BELT-TYPE CVT PULLEY - A steel for a belt-type CVT pulley made of chromium steel or chromium molybdenum steel according to the present invention has a component composition that satisfies predetermined formulae regarding the mass % of Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo, Si, Nb and Ti. In addition, the steel for a belt-type CVT pulley contains, in terms of mass %, as essentially added elements, 0.15% to 0.25% of C, 0.40% to 1.00% of Mn, more than 1.80% and 2.20% or less of Cr, 0.005% to 0.030% of N, and 0.010% to 0.060% of Al, and as arbitrarily added elements, 0.20% or less of Si, 0.03% or less of P, 0.05% or less of S, 0.3% or less of Cu, 0.3% or less of Ni, and 0.2% or less of Mo, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130303320 | PULLEY ASSEMBLY OF COMPRESSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed therein are a pulley assembly for a compressor and a manufacturing method of the same, which can prevent possible damages during processing and is fit for high-temperature environment because a pulley is made of magnesium alloy. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140004985 | TENSION ROLLER FOR A BELT DRIVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140024485 | DRIVE UNIT FOR A BELT DRIVE SYSTEM - A drum shaft of a drive unit with a gearless drive for a belt drive system is disclosed having a hollow shaft. The gearless drive can include a bearing-free rotor shaft and the hollow shaft can include a radial end face on an end which faces the rotor shaft. An outside diameter of said end face can be the same size or smaller than an outside diameter of the hollow shaft. The hollow shaft is connected to the rotor shaft by the end face. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140080646 | MECHANICAL SYSTEM WITH ONE-WAY CLUTCH, ALTERNATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a mechanical system with one-way clutch, for example a pulley for a motor vehicle alternator, comprising a first element and a second element able to move one relative to the other. These elements delimit an annular housing including a one-way clutch device and at least one rolling bearing positioned beside the one-way clutch device. The mechanical system is characterized in that the one-way clutch device is lubricated by a lubricant of a first type, in that the rolling bearing or bearings are lubricated by at least one lubricant of a second type, and in that the lubricant of the first type and the lubricant of the second type are different from and compatible with one another. The invention also relates to an alternator comprising such a system configured as a pulley, and to a method of manufacturing such a mechanical system. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140171245 | Sensor Bearing Assembly for a Pulley - A sensor bearing assembly rotatably couples a pulley sheave with a shaft and includes an inner member with a central bore receiving a portion of the shaft, two axially spaced inner raceway surfaces and a central portion between the raceways. An outer member is disposed about the inner member and disposeable within the sheave bore to rotatably couple the sheave with the shaft. The outer member has two axially spaced outer raceway surfaces disposed about the two inner raceway surfaces and a central portion between the outer raceways and disposed about inner member central portion to define an annular cavity. An annular detection member is disposed within the annular cavity and coupled with the outer member and a sensor is disposed within the annular detection member and connected with the inner member central portion. The sensor is configured to sense angular displacement of the detection member about the bearing axis. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140179475 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A driving apparatus for a vehicle includes a rotation member, as support pin including a flange for stopping a movement of the rotation member in one axial direction and a circumferential groove formed at an end portion that penetrates through the rotation member, an annular elastic member supported relative to the circumferential groove and configured to reduce a diameter in a radial direction, and a support member including an attachment hole in which the end portion of the support pin is idly provided, the support member including an inwardly protruding flange provided at the attaching hole and having an inner diameter equal to or greater than an outer diameter of the annular elastic member when the annular elastic member is in an elastically deformed state having reduced diameter and smaller than the outer diameter of the annular elastic member when the annular elastic member is in an elastic recovery state. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140179476 | Metal Pulley With NonMagnetic Insert - A pulley member, particularly for an electromagnetically controlled friction clutch in an accessory drive assembly. The pulley member has two mating metal cup members bonded together with a central hub member. Through-hole slots or openings are provided in each of the cup members to provide a break in magnetic flux. A non-magnetic insert member is positioned between the cup members covering the through-holes and sealing them from contamination from environmental factors. The pulley member can be used with vehicle engine accessories such as water pumps and cooling fans. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140194237 | BELT PULLEY FOR A CRANKSHAFT IN A VEHICLE - A belt pulley is provided for a crankshaft in a vehicle. The belt pulley can be mounted on an end of the crankshaft projecting from an engine block. The belt pulley includes, but is not limited to a drive disc, which can be fixed on the end of the crankshaft projecting from the engine block in a rotationally fixed manner, vibration damper which includes, but is not limited to a bulge that is elastically connected to the drive disc and an end body, which includes, but is not limited to a hollow space. A sound-damping component is arranged in the hollow space and the hollow space is covered by means of a cover disc. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140329631 | DECOUPLER ASSEMBLY - A decoupler assembly that includes a hub, a pulley and a mechanism for transmitting rotary power between the hub and the pulley. The mechanism includes a torsion spring and a one-way clutch. The torsion spring is configured to dampen vibration in the rotary power that is transmitted from the pulley to the hub. The one-way clutch has a wrap spring that is smaller in diameter than the torsion spring. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150072818 | DAMPER PULLEY ASSEMBLY OF VEHICLE - A damper pulley assembly of vehicle may include a crankshaft rotating by a power transmitted from an engine, a hub including a hub body formed cylindrical hollow shape so that the crankshaft is inserted and a hub ring protruded outside of the hub body, a pulley coupled outside of the hub ring, a combining ring formed cylindrical hollow shape so as to be coupled outside of the hub body, and an oil seal provided between outside of the combining ring and inside of the cylinder block and preventing leakage of engine oil of the cylinder block, wherein the hub is made of low density material compared to the pulley, and the combining ring is made of high stiffness compared to the hub. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150087455 | ALTERNATOR PULLEY, AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF ALTERNATOR PULLEY AND ALTERNATOR FOR VEHICLE - An alternator pulley, a mounting structure of an alternator pulley, and an alternator for a vehicle are configured to reduce vibration by mounting an adaptor which includes a pendulum on the alternator pulley, by reacting a pendulum vibration with a belt vibration which have inverse phases to each other, and by completely press-fitting the adaptor to the alternator pulley without backlash. The alternator pulley, mounting structure and alternator may include a pulley body configured to be coupled with an alternator shaft and receiving power by a belt and an adaptor coupled with the pulley body and absorbs vibration caused by power delivery, wherein the adaptor may further include at least one pendulum for absorbing vibration caused by the power delivery. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150292603 | PULLEY DEVICE FOR BELT OR CHAIN, MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF AN HOLLOW SHAFT FOR SUCH A DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY PROCESS OF SUCH A DEVICE - A pulley device for a belt or chain, the pulley device comprising a bearing provided with an external ring, an internal ring, and at least one row of rolling elements mounted in a bearing chamber defined between the external and internal rings. A pulley is secured in rotation with the external ring and provided with an external radial surface for engaging with a belt or chain. Also included is at least one hollow shaft able to receive a screw for mounting the pulley device on a support. The hollow shaft forming a structural unit comprising a bushing, a flange secured to the bushing, and which extends, from the bushing, radially outwards, respective to a central axis of the hollow shaft, as far as the bearing chamber. The flange is formed with a washer and an endplate, while the washer is radially located between the bushing and the endplate. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150300463 | IDLER OR ROLLER DEVICE - A tensioning roller/winder device comprising at least one roller bearing including inner and outer rings and at least one row of rolling elements between the two rings; a pulley surmounting the outer ring; and a retaining screw comprising a body and head. An abutment is provided on the body external periphery. First and second abutments are provided on the inner ring bore. The axial length between the head and the abutment equals the axial length between an inner ring radial side edge and the inner ring bore first abutment is greater than the axial length between a inner ring radial side edge opposite the screw head and the inner ring bore second abutment. The screw abutment contacts the inner ring first abutment during the body insertion into the inner ring bore in the desired direction, but contacts the inner ring second abutment during the body insertion in the undesired direction. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150361516 | METHOD OF HEAT TREATING METAL ARTICLES AND METAL ARTICLE TREATED THEREBY - A method of heat treating metal articles includes a heating process of heating a metal workpiece under a predetermined heating condition, a cooling process of cooling the workpiece by spraying mist of cooling water to the workpiece under a predetermined cooling condition after heating the workpiece, and a surface treatment process of adjusting a surface roughness of the workpiece prior to the heating process in line with a thermal distribution in the workpiece heated during the heating process. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160017978 | PRESSED PULLEY - A pressed pulley is provided of which the inner diameter of an inner tubular portion can be increased without changing the outer diameter of an outer tubular portion. The pulley includes an annular connecting portion ( | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160053876 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A power transmission device includes a pulley constituting a driving-side rotor, an inner hub, a washer and a limiter which constitute a driven-side rotor, and a plate configured as a linking elastic member that connects the driving-side rotor and the driven-side rotor. A flat spring that elastically deforms in a direction along a rotation shaft is adopted as the plate. A distance in an axial direction between a pulley-side attachment portion of the plate which is attached to the pulley and a hub-side attachment portion of the plate which is attached to the inner hub is adjusted to fall within a predetermined standard range by interposing a shim as an adjustment member between the plate and the pulley. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160061311 | Vehicle, Having an Internal Combustion Engine Which Comprises a Flexible Drive - A vehicle having an internal combustion engine mounted in the vehicle such that a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine runs in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle is provided with a flexible drive is provided that comprises a wheel, in particular a pulley, which is arranged such as to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and which is arranged in front of the internal combustion engine when viewed in the direction of travel of the vehicle. The wheel has at least one weakened section which allows or facilitates a compression of the wheel in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle upon a head-on collision. In addition, the wheel may be arranged to cooperate with a recess in the front of the engine to permit further displacement of the wheel toward the engine during a collision. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160160988 | PULLEY DEVICE - A pulley device comprising a rolling bearing including an inner ring defining a central bore, and outer ring and rolling elements mounted between the inner ring and the outer ring, a pulley secured in rotation with the outer ring and provided with a feature for engaging with a transmission member. The pulley additionally includes a screw comprising a head and a shank housed in the central bore of the inner ring, the screw being configured to fix the pulley device to a motor support. The pulley device also comprises a first sleeve arranged between the inner ring and the screw, on the side of the motor support. The first sleeve includes an inner surface that has a frustoconical portion having an increasing diameter toward the head of the screw. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160169302 | PULLEY DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED UNIDIRECTIONAL CLUTCH | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160186853 | SINTERED PULLY - A sintered pulley may include a body of a metal alloy and configured with a substantially annular shape. The body may include a first face of contact with a crankshaft, a second face of contact with a securing element, and a concentric hole for associating the pulley with the crankshaft. The second face of contact may have a region of a point of contact with the securing element disposed proximate to the hole. The region of the point of contact may have a density of between 7.3 and 7.5 g/cm | 06-30-2016 |
| 20180023679 | TWO-PIECE MOLDED PULLEY HAVING RADIAL BEARING DISTORTION-REDUCING CHARACTERISTICS | 01-25-2018 |
