BorgWarner Inc.
TENSIONER HAVING A ROLLER ASSEMBLY WITH A BEARING AND A ROLLER HAVING FEATURES FOR AXIALLY SECURING AN OUTER BEARING RACE OF THE BEARING TO THE ROLLER

Abstract:

A tensioner with a pivoting arm and a roller assembly having a bearing and a roller. The bearing supports the roller relative to the arm for rotation about a roller axis that is parallel to but offset from the pivot axis. The roller has a bearing socket and one or more locking tabs. The bearing socket has an annular bearing surface and a stop that is disposed radially inwardly from the annular bearing surface. Each of the locking tabs is resiliently coupled to an adjacent portion of the roller. The bearing is received in the bearing socket such that the outer bearing race of the bearing is disposed axially between the stop and the distal ends of each of the locking tabs. The locking tabs limit axial movement of the outer bearing race along the roller axis in a direction away from the stop.