Component support arrangement for an internal combustion engine

US5692466A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Hausmann · Hersbruck, DE
• Horst Hirschberger · Stuttgart, DE
• Hans Schwiedessen · Portland, US
• Gerhard Hovelmann · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 1996
• Grant date: Dec 2, 1997
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02B67/10
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a component support arrangement for mounting auxiliary components such as an alternator, a power steering pump and an air conditioning compressor to an engine, the component support arrangement consists of a crank shaft drive cover mounted on the front of the engine and including a reinforcement structure disposed on the inside of the camshaft drive cover between reception structures for the auxiliary engine components and comprising ribs and webs which extend transversely between the reception structures and are connected thereto.