Vane-type camshaft adjuster

US7588004B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ina Schaeffler KG · DE

Inventors

• Mike Kohrs · Wilthen, DE
• Hermann Golbach · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2009
• Expiry date: Feb 15, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2102
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Vane-cell camshaft adjuster with a stator and a rotor which is hydraulically rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor is connectable to a camshaft. It is provided with radially projecting vanes which are inserted in vane slots in the rotor. The axial end section of the vane slot on the camshaft side has an enlarged cross section.