US Patent Issued to MUVIQ USA on April 21 for "High-offset belt tensioner with counterbalance torsion spring force" (Arkansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,249, issued on April 21, was assigned to MUVIQ USA LLC (Roseville, Mich.).

"High-offset belt tensioner with counterbalance torsion spring force" was invented by Anthony E. Lannutti (Fayetteville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-offset belt tensioner has a base having a pivot tube that defines a first axis of rotation, an arm having a pivot tube-receiving body rotatably seated over the pivot tube and having a pulley pivot tube that defines a second axis of rotation. A torsion spring is seated around an exterior surface of the pivot tube-receiving body with a first spring end attached to the base and a second spring end ori...