US Patent Issued to BorgWarner on May 26 for "Compliant face of a chain motion control device to influence chain system noise, vibration and harshness performance" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,067, issued on May 26, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Compliant face of a chain motion control device to influence chain system noise, vibration and harshness performance" was invented by Matthew W. Crump (Cortland, N.Y.), Christopher Van Loon (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Joseph P. Goodsell (Groton, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tensioning devices with at least a portion of the tensioner face incorporating increased compliance of at least two pitch lengths in distance that meets compliance geometry requirements and applied force tensioner face stiffness requirements to decrease NVH through the incorporation of a c...