Patent ID: 8037876

Claim:
A compound archery bow comprising: a substantially rigid riser having first and second end portions; a first resilient bow limb attached to the first end portion of the riser, which first bow limb has a corresponding pulley connection point; a second resilient bow limb attached to the second end portion of the riser, which second bow limb has a corresponding pulley connection point; a first pulley member rotatably connected to the first bow limb at the corresponding pulley connection point, which first pulley member includes a draw cable journal and a first power cam; a second pulley member rotatably connected to the second bow limb at the corresponding pulley connection point, which second pulley member includes a draw cable journal; a draw cable engaged with the respective draw cable journals of the first and second pulley members and arranged to rotate the first and second pulley members as the bow is drawn and the draw cable is let out from the draw cable journals; a first tensioning cable secured at a first end thereof to the first bow limb and engaged at a second end thereof to be taken up by the first power cam as the bow is drawn and the first pulley member rotates; a first tensioning pulley, which tensioning pulley includes a corresponding tensioning cable journal and is arranged with the first tensioning cable engaged with the corresponding tensioning cable journal; and a first power cable connected at a first end thereof to the first tensioning pulley and connected at a second end thereof to the second bow limb.