Patent ID: 7250015

Claim:
A hydraulic tensioner comprising: an outer body adapted to be mounted on an engine block, said outer body having a circular, cylindrical hole formed therein for receiving an inner body, said hole having an opening at one end thereof, and a bottom; an oil passage for conducting oil under pressure into the interior of the outer body from the exterior thereof; an inner body received in said hole, said inner body having an outer peripheral surface fitting said hole of the outer body, said outer peripheral surface being circular and cylindrical, and having a central axis; and a plunger-accommodating hole formed in said inner body, and a plunger slidable in said plunger-accommodating hole and projecting therefrom in a forward direction, for applying tension to an endless, flexible, power transmission medium; wherein said inner body has a check valve fitted thereto for conducting oil under pressure into said plunger-accommodating hole and preventing reverse flow of oil out of said plunger-accommodating hole, part of said check valve projecting axially from said inner body in a rearward direction opposite to said forward direction; wherein said bottom of the hole of the outer body has a recess formed therein; said oil passage communicating with said recess; and wherein said recess and said projecting part of the check valve are displaced radially from said central axis of the inner body, and said projecting part of the check valve fits into said recess.