Auto tensioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10281014-B2
Application number	US-201515119872-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2015
Priority date	Feb 18, 2014
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to an auto-tensioner containing a base having a cylindrical part, a rotating member supported rotatably to the base, a pulley provided at the rotating member, a friction member sandwiched between the cylindrical part and the rotating member, and a coil spring locked to the friction member and the base and disposed in a state of being compressed in an axial direction, thereby biasing the rotating member in one direction, in which the friction member has an arcuate surface capable of sliding along the cylindrical part, a first locking part located further toward the one direction side than the arcuate surface in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical part and locked to the rotating member, and a second locking part locked to one end of the coil spring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An auto-tensioner comprising:
a base having a cylindrical part;
a rotating member supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the base;
a pulley rotatably provided at the rotating member;
a friction member sandwiched between an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical part and the rotating member in a radial direction of the cylindrical part; and
a coil spring which has one end locked to the friction member and another end locked to the base and is disposed in a state of being compressed in an axial direction of the cylindrical part, thereby pressing the friction member against the rotating member in the axial direction and rotationally biasing the rotating member in one direction with respect to the base through the friction member,
wherein the friction member has:
an arcuate surface capable of sliding along the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical part,
a first locking part located further toward the one direction side than the arcuate surface in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical part and locked to the rotating member, and
a second locking part locked to the one end of the coil spring, and located further toward the outside in the radial direction than the first locking part, and

wherein no portion of the friction member, including the second locking part, which directly contacts the coil spring is disposed more inside in the radial direction than the first locking part.

2. The auto-tensioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second locking part of the friction member is located further toward the opposite direction side to the one direction in the circumferential direction than the first locking part.

3. The auto-tensioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the friction member comprises a first part and a second part having a higher surface hardness than the first part,
the first part configures the arcuate surface and a surface that continues to the arcuate surface and comes into contact with the rotating member in the axial direction in the friction member, and
the second part configures the first locking part and the second locking part.

4. The auto-tensioner according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first part and the second part are configured so as to mesh with each other in the circumferential direction.

5. The auto-tensioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one end of the coil spring has an arc shape.

6. The auto-tensioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one end of the coil spring comprises an arc-shaped portion and a linear portion.

7. The auto-tensioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base has a pedestal part provided inside of one end portion of the cylindrical part, and
the pedestal part has:
an end portion retaining means for retaining another end portion of the coil spring, and
a posture supporting means for supporting a portion further on the one end side than a portion retained by the end portion retaining means in a first turn region on the other end portion side of the coil spring, in the axial direction and the radial direction.

8. The auto-tensioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first locking part is inclined with respect to the radial direction so as to face the one direction side as it goes toward the outside in the radial direction.

9. The auto-tensioner according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first locking part is inclined with respect to the radial direction so as to face the opposite direction side to the one direction as it goes toward the outside in the radial direction.

Assignees

• Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd

Inventors

• Oishi Satoshi
• Nishiyama Koji
• Yoneda Tetsuo

Classifications

• F16H7/0829

  with vibration damping means · CPC title

• F16H2007/084

  having vibration damping characteristics dependent on the moving direction of the tensioner · CPC title

• F16H7/1218 Primary

  of the dry friction type · CPC title

• F16H7/12

  of an idle pulley · CPC title

• F16H2007/0893

  Circular path · CPC title