Patent · US Expired

Balancing shaft for an internal combustion engine and a method for the production thereof

US7533646B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

Torsten Harms · Hamburg, DE
Frank Rohwer · Moisburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 29, 2004
Grant date	May 19, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 29, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49231
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a balancing shaft for an internal combustion engine and to a method for the production thereof. In this case, the balancing shaft consists of a tubular hollow body and contains a balancing weight and also functional elements arranged on the hollow body. In order to design a balancing shaft in as simple a manner as possible, which balancing shaft is designed to save construction space and in which the adequate balancing weight is arranged at the suitable location in accordance with the requirements, it is proposed that the balancing weight be arranged on the outer circumference of the hollow body and that it be fastened there.

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