Device for continuous angular adjustment between two shafts in driving relationship

US5566651A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• INA-WALZLAGER SCHAEFFLER KG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Strauss · Forchheim, DE
• Eduard Golovatai-Schmidt · Hemhofen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 1994
• Grant date: Oct 22, 1996
• Expiry date: Oct 18, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01L2001/34479
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a device for continuous angular adjustment between at least two shafts, a crankshaft and a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, in driving relationship particularly, comprising an adjusting element (4) which is connected to a shaft to be adjusted while being arranged in an axial direction thereto and comprising a hydraulically actuatable piston (14) which is connected to a pressure medium circuit, characterized in that an end region of the shaft to be adjusted, which can be the camshaft (5) or an intermediate shaft, is surrounded by a fixed connecting plate (8a,8b) which comprises pressure medium ducts (6,7) for pressure medium supply to the adjusting element (4).