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Device for camshaft adjustment in an internal combustion engine

US8240280B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Michael Busse · Herzogenaurach, DE
Michael Weiss · Reichertshofen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 2008
Grant date	Aug 14, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01L2001/34469
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for camshaft adjustment in an internal combustion engine which has an inner rotor rotationally fixed to a camshaft. The inner rotor is rotationally adjustable relative to an outer rotor that is driveably connected to a crankshaft. At least one hydraulic chamber limited by side walls is introduced into the outer rotor and is divided into two partial chambers by an element extending radially outward from the inner rotor. To lock relative movement between the inner and outer rotor, two locking pins penetrating the inner rotor axially engage in two recesses of one of the side walls designed as a locking cover. To adjust the play of the locking pins in the recesses, at least one of the recesses has a stop surface for the locking pin, the position of which changes as viewed circumferentially with the radial distance from the axis of the inner rotor.

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