Patent ID: 8631607

Claim:
A combination of a carrier and a pulley assembly, wherein the pulley assembly includes a pulley having an associated pulley rotation axis, a pulley bearing member that supports the pulley for rotation about the pulley rotation axis and a pulley fastener, wherein the pulley fastener connects the pulley assembly to the carrier on only one side of the pulley, wherein the pulley bearing member includes a pulley assembly bending load bearing surface, wherein the carrier is mountable to a vehicle, wherein the carrier includes a pulley fastener mount for receiving the pulley fastener, wherein the carrier further includes a carrier bending load bearing surface that contacts the pulley assembly bending load bearing surface, wherein the pulley assembly bending load bearing surface is generally conical about the pulley rotation axis and is inclined relative to the pulley rotation axis, and the carrier bending load bearing surface increases in diameter in a direction along the pulley rotation axis towards the pulley and wherein the carrier bending load bearing surface is generally conical about the pulley rotation axis.