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Mechanical drive mechanism for a supercharger of an internal combustion engine

US5133325A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 1990
Grant dateJul 28, 1992
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2220/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a mechanical drive mechanism for a supercharger of an internal combusion engine, a rotor fastened to a rotor shaft is driven by the internal combustion engine's crankshaft, an electromagnetically activated separating clutch and a step-up gear. To create favorable structural dimensions of the supercharger drive mechanism in axial and radial extension and a favorable support for an input shaft of the step-up gear, the step-up gear is a planetary gear, with the input shaft supported in an axially projecting collar on the transmission case and the electromagnetically activated separating clutch located on the periphery of that collar. A clutch disk is to be located on one side of this bearing and a ring gear is to be located on the input shaft on the other side.

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