IP Library Granted Patent US 8,171,902
Granted Patent B2
US 8,171,902 · App. 12/498,653 · Granted May 8, 2012

Camshaft adjuster and deep-drawing method for producing a seal cover for a camshaft adjuster

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Patent No.
US 8,171,902
App. No.
12/498,653
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camshaft adjuster ( 1 ) for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with a radially outer stator ( 4 ) that can be driven by the crankshaft, a radially inner rotor ( 5 ) connected locked in rotation with the camshaft ( 2 ), working chambers ( 6 ) that are arranged between the rotor ( 5 ) and the stator ( 4 ) and that can be pressurized with a pressure such that the relative rotational position of the rotor ( 5 ) to the stator ( 4 ) is adjustable, at least one seal cover ( 7 ) bordering the working chambers ( 6 ) on the sides and contacting the rotor ( 5 ) and the stator ( 4 ) in a sealing way, with an annular disk-shaped base body ( 13 ) and an annular projection ( 9 ) encompassing the camshaft ( 2 ) and adjacent to the radial inside of the base body ( 13 ). The base body ( 13 ) contacts, with a seal surface (D), the rotor ( 5 ) and transitions via a radius ( 10 ) into the annular projection ( 9 ). A bead ( 11 ) is provided on the annular disk-shaped base body ( 13 ) on the side facing away from the rotor ( 5 ) in the region bordering the annular projection ( 9 ).

Claims (11)

1. Camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising

a radially outer stator that can be driven by a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine,

a radially inner rotor connected locked in rotation with a camshaft,

working chambers that are arranged between the rotor and the stator and that can be pressurized with a pressure agent such that a relative rotational position of the rotor to the stator is adjustable,

at least one seal cover bordering the working chambers on the sides and contacting the rotor and the stator in a sealing manner, with an annular disk-shaped base body and an annular projection encompassing the camshaft and adjacent to a radial inside of the base body,

wherein the base body contacts, with a seal surface, the rotor and transitions via a radius into the annular projection,

a bead is provided on the annular disk-shaped base body on a side facing away from the rotor in a region bordering the annular projection.

2. Camshaft adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein the bead has an annular configuration.

3. Camshaft adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein the seal cover is produced from a lightweight metal.

4. Camshaft adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein the seal cover is produced from a sintered blank.

5. Camshaft adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein the seal cover is produced from aluminum.

Assignments (7)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 13, 2012
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027855/0479 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 13, 2012
From: SCHAEFFLER KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027855/0391 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 30, 2012
From: SCHAEFFLER KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027616/0895 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2009
From: WEBER, JURGEN
To: SCHAEFFLER KG
Reel/Frame 022921/0916 →