Camshaft adjuster
US9970334B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01L2001/34479
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A camshaft adjuster for adjusting the angle of rotation of a camshaft, including a stator which can be driven by a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and which has a plurality of radially inwardly protruding stator lands, and a rotor having a plurality of vanes projecting radially outwards from a radially inner ring, and an annular gap which is provided between the stator and the rotor and which is divided by a plurality of stator lands into working chambers which are in turn divided by the vanes into pressure chambers acting in opposite directions, wherein the rotor is divided into at least two rotor parts in a dividing plane arranged perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the camshaft adjuster, wherein the dividing plane of the rotor intersects at least one pressure medium line, and the pressure chambers acting in a first direction are separated from the pressure chambers acting in a second direction by at least one seal between a first and a second end face of the two rotor parts is provided.
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