Patents Represented by Attorney R. A. Jones, Esq.

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  • Method for making a hub/pulley with a radially inward annular collar
    Patent number: 5987952
    Abstract: A method for making a hub/pulley by spin forming from a disc including forming an annular collar extending radially inward of the hub and defining a blind bore of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Michael H. Kutzscher, John P. Roes, Yahya Hodjat
  • Belt tensioner
    Patent number: 5967919
    Abstract: A belt tensioner of the Zed type with a pivot-arm, a pulley attached to the pivot-arm for receiving a belt load, a pivot, a base, and a torsion spring operatively connected between the pivot-arm and base and wherein damping of the pivot-arm is primarily provided by a pivot bushing in response to the belt load and a force generated by the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Emile A. M. Bakker
  • Tensioner with second pivot-arm for damping mechanism
    Patent number: 5935032
    Abstract: A tensioner with a base, a pivot-arm that oscillates about a pivot secured to the base, a pulley attached to the pivot-arm, a compression spring with a first end operatively connected to the pivot-arm and a second end operatively connected to a shoe that presses a convex surface of the shoe against a concave arcuate surface of the pivot-arm, and a second pivot-arm secured to the shoe and a second pivot secured to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Serge A. Bral