Connecting rod of an internal combustion engine for changing the compression ratio

US11028770B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FEV Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Bick · Würselen, DE
• Martin Koch · Neuenbürg, DE
• Thomas Saupe · Aachen, DE
• Erwin Reichert · Alsdorf, DE
• Ralf Bey · Aachen, DE
• Christopher Marten · Aachen, DE
• Martin Pieper · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 8, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 23, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2360/22
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The connecting rod head includes at least one oil chamber and an eccentric comprises a protrusion reaching into the oil chamber, so that an oil pressure in the oil chamber exerts a force on the protrusion to change the eccentric setting of the eccentric.