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Internal combustion engine

US8720407B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

3Claims

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Assignee

MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH · DE

Inventors

Joachim Pfau · Markdorf, DE
Jurgen Giesselmann · Markdorf, DE
Manfred Sulzmann · Meckenhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 21, 2011
Grant date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 13, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02B67/04
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an engine crankcase including a crankshaft supported at its front end by a crankshaft bearing having a crankshaft bearing cover including a bearing top part and a bearing bottom part and a front end gear drive arranged in front of the crankcase for driving auxiliary component and including a first drive gear mounted onto the crankshaft, a second gear mounted to the auxiliary component and an intermediate gear in meshing engagement with the first and second gears and supported on a support plate, the support plate is screwed onto the crankcase, the bearing top part and the bearing bottom part.

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