Tensioner for an accessory drive of a motor vehicle and accessory drive including such a tensioner

    公开(公告)号:US12270470B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-08

    申请号:US18003937

    申请日:2021-07-01

    Abstract: A tensioner for an accessory drive of an internal combustion engine has a belt on a first pulley connected to a drive shaft of the engine and a second pulley connected to an electric machine. The tensioner has a base configured to be fixed to a casing of the electric machine, a first ring rotating with respect to the base about a first axis, a second ring rotating with respect to the first ring about a second axis distinct from the first axis, a first tensioning pulley carried by the first ring and rotating with respect to it about its own axis, a second tensioning pulley carried by the second ring and rotating with respect to it about its own axis and elastic means acting on the first and on the second ring to push the first and the second pulleys into contact with respective spans of the belt.

    POWERTRAIN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20220410689A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17757153

    申请日:2020-12-11

    Abstract: A powertrain has an internal combustion engine provided with an accessory transmission that includes a first pulley connected to a crankshaft of the engine, a second pulley connected to a shaft of an electric machine, and a belt connecting the first and the second pulleys to each other to rotate in the same direction of rotation (R). The electric machine is operated to supply an active torque to the second pulley during start-up of the internal combustion engine by means of a starter motor.

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