IP Library Granted Patent US 8,662,041
Granted Patent B2
US 8,662,041 · App. 13/578,919 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Device for variable adjustment of the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine

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Patent No.
US 8,662,041
App. No.
13/578,919
Granted
Mar 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device ( 11 ) for variable adjustment of the control times of gas change valves ( 9, 10 ) of an internal combustion engine ( 1 ) having a hydraulic phase adjustment apparatus ( 12 ), a camshaft ( 6, 7 ), a volume accumulator ( 18 ), a first fastening element ( 14 ) designed separately to the camshaft ( 6, 7 ) and a central screw ( 13 ), wherein the central screw ( 13 ) extends through the phase adjustment device ( 12 ) and wherein one end of the central screw ( 13 ) contacts an axial side surface of the phase adjustment device ( 12 ) and a first thread ( 15 ) is constructed on the other end.

Claims (13)

1. Device for variable adjustment of control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, comprising

a hydraulic phase adjustment device, a camshaft, a volume accumulator, a first fastening element constructed separately from the camshaft, and a central screw,

the central screw penetrates the phase adjustment device, and

one end of the central screw contacts an axial side surface of the phase adjustment device and a first thread is constructed on the other end,

an interior of the camshaft has a hollow space in which the first fastening element is mounted fixed in position,

a second thread is constructed on the first fastening element, said second thread interacts with the first thread of the central screw such that a rotationally locked connection is established between the device and the camshaft, and

a volume accumulator with a housing is arranged in the hollow space, and one axial end of the housing contacts a contact surface of the first fastening element.

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact surface has a conical construction in a direction of the housing.

3. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the first fastening element or the central screw has a pressurized medium channel running in an axial direction, wherein said channel opens into the hollow space on a side of the first fastening element turned away from the phase adjustment device.

4. Device according to claim 3 , the pressurized medium channel is constructed as a borehole within the central screw.

5. Device according to claim 3 , wherein the pressurized medium channel is constructed on an outer lateral surface of the first fastening element.

6. Device according to claim 3 , wherein the pressurized medium channel communicates with the volume accumulator.

7. Device according to claim 3 , wherein the pressurized medium channel communicates with a camshaft bearing point.

Assignments (4)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2012
From: BOGERSHAUSEN, MATHIAS
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 028783/0923 →