Patent ID: 6889642

Claim:
A tensioning rail ( 6 ) for a traction drive ( 2 ) of an internal combustion engine having a first type of structural design, comprising a fastening end section ( 16 ) adapted to be attached to the first type of internal combustion engine and pivotable about a pivot axis (A), a tensioning arm area having, at a predetermined distance (a) from the pivot axis (A), a pressure-application region ( 19 ) for contact with a tensioning device ( 7 ) which is one of effective in a first direction and which has a first type of structural design, the fastening end section ( 16 ) being adapted to be attached also to a different location of the traction drive ( 2 ) of one of the first type of internal combustion engine and to an internal combustion engine having a second type of structural design such that the fastening end section ( 16 ) is pivotable about said pivot axis (A), and that at least one second pressure-application region ( 20 ) is arranged on the tensioning arm at a different predetermined distance (b) from the pivot axis (A), the second pressure-application region ( 20 ) being used for contact with a tensioning device ( 7 ′) which is one of effective in a second direction and which has a second type of structural design.