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Hydraulic tensioning arrangement for tensioning flexible drive means for a camshaft

US5730673A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Hubert Schnupke · Stuttgart, DE
Helmut Kronowiecki · Notzingen, DE
Erhard Rau · Weilheim, DE
Robert Gulpen · Stuttgart, DE
Klaus Bruchner · Großenhain, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 1996
Grant date	Mar 24, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H7/08
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a hydraulic tensioning arrangement for tensioning a flexible drive for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine including a crankcase and a cylinder head wherein a main lubricating oil channel extends longitudinally along the inside of the crankcase and has an opening at the front end of the crankcase, a hydraulic housing with a cylinder receiving a plunger is mounted on the front end of the crankcase so as to cover the main lubricating oil channel opening and passage elements are provided for supplying oil from the main lubricating oil channel to the cylinder to bias the plunger against tensioning elements engaging the flexible drive.

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