Torque responsive actuation device

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1996-03-18

1998-02-24

Schoeppel, Roger J.

Endless belt power transmission systems or components

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474 21, 192 5452, 192 93A, F16D 4320

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ABSTRACT:
The invention is in a torque responsive actuation device, preferably for a belt drive system as is commonly utilized with snowmobile and like type vehicles. A bearing carrier of the invention is connected to a lower half of a split pulley, with the upper pulley half mounting a helix or cam cone that extends towards the carrier undersurface and includes a plurality of cam tracks formed therein that are each to receive a cam follower for travel therealong. Movement of the bearing carrier towards the top face of the pulley upper half is thereby translated to lower the pulley half to spread the pulley upper and lower halves apart, opening a V slot therebetween wherein a drive belt is maintained. A cylindrical shaft is journaled through the bearing carrier and fitted through the pulley that includes a coil spring disposed therearound for providing spring biasing to urge the bearing carrier away from the pulley upper half, biasing the pulley halves together. To provide minimum friction operation and wear the invention employs cam follower bearings as the cam followers and radiuses either the outer surface of rollers of each cam follower bearing or of the cam tracks to be convex and to have an apex that contacts and rolls along a center line of the opposing surface, the roller of each bearing to travel through a variety of cam angles during operation of the torque responsive actuation device.

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