Patent ID: 7086975
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: F02B,F16H

Abstract:
1. A serpentine accessory-belt, aggregate, drive arrangement for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a drive pulley connected to a crankshaft for rotation therewith and located at a lower central portion of the engine; a first accessory aggregate pulley which, when seen in a vertical direction, is located above said drive pulley and, when seen in a horizontal direction, is spaced in a first direction from said drive pulley; an accessory aggregate pulley set including an idler/tensioning pulley set which includes an adjustable tensioning pulley and two idler pulleys, when seen in a vertical direction, located between said two idler pulleys, and wherein the idler/tensioning pulley set, when seen in a horizontal direction, is spaced in said second direction from said drive pulley and is located between said drive pulley and said accessory aggregate pulley set, with a serpentine belt extending from said drive pulley to said tensioning pulley, from said tensioning pulley to said first accessory aggregate pulley, from said first accessory aggregate pulley to said upper pulley, from said upper pulley to said lower pulley, from said lower pulley to said second accessory aggregate pulley, from said second accessory aggregate to said third accessory aggregate pulley, and from said third accessory aggregate pulley to said drive pulley.