Patent ID: 6612103
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B21L,F16G

Abstract:
A method for assembling a silent chain, the method comprising:providing at least a plurality of a first link plate configuration with a first outer perimeter and a plurality of a second link plate configuration with a second outer perimeter, the first and second link plate perimeters each including a pair of teeth each having an inside flank, an outside flank, and a tooth tip part therebetween, and a backside part opposite the pair of teeth having a shoulder part between the back side part and each outside flank; providing an identifying feature on the outer perimeter of the first link plate configuration, the identifying feature constituting a minor portion of the first link perimeter being at least one of a recess formed on the tooth proximate the outside flank surface and a bump projecting outwardly from the shoulder; identifying the first link plates by the first link plate identifying feature; identifying the second link plates by the absence of the first link plate identifying feature; and positioning the first and second link plates in a predetermined arrangement for assembly into the silent chain.