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US 7,117,832 · App. 10/707,992 · Granted Oct 10, 2006

Device for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle

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Patent No.
US 7,117,832
App. No.
10/707,992
Granted
Oct 10, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has a stator and a rotor fixedly connected to a camshaft and rotatable relative to the stator. A drive wheel is fixedly connected to the stator and is centered by the camshaft. The stator has a peripheral area provided with a centering element interacting with a counter element provided on the drive wheel for aligning the drive wheel in a rotational direction relative to the stator.

Claims (10)

1. A device for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the device comprising:

a stator;

a rotor configured to be fixedly connected to a camshaft and rotatable relative to the stator;

at least one drive wheel fixedly connected to the stator;

wherein the at least one drive wheel is centered by the camshaft;

wherein the stator has a peripheral area provided with at least one centering element interacting with at least one counter element provided on the drive wheel for aligning the drive wheel in a rotational direction relative to the stator.

2. The device according to claim 1 , whereIn the centering element is a recess in a peripheral wall of the stator.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the counter element is a shoulder provided on the drive wheel and engaging the centering element.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the stator has at least one alignment element interacting with at least one alignment element of a mounting tool for radially aligning the drive wheel relative to the rotor.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one alignment element of the stator is an axially extending groove in a peripheral wall of the stator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2009
From: BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
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