IP Library Granted Patent US 9,163,532
Granted Patent B2
US 9,163,532 · App. 13/786,521 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Cam phaser

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Patent No.
US 9,163,532
App. No.
13/786,521
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cam phaser for transferring rotational energy from a crankshaft ( 16 ) to a camshaft ( 12 ) of an internal combustion engine ( 2 ), having a stator ( 20 ) for torque-proof connection to one of the shafts ( 12, 16 ) and a rotor ( 22 ) received rotationally in the stator ( 20 ) for torque-proof connection to the other shaft ( 12, 16 ), with first and second chambers being formed in the stator ( 20 ), engaged by first and second vanes ( 26 ) of the rotor ( 22 ). A bore ( 42 ) is provided in the first vane ( 26 ), in which a locking element ( 40 ) can be received for blocking a rotary motion of the rotor ( 22 ) relative to the stator ( 20 ). Here in an impact position of the second vane ( 26 ) at a wall ( 30 ) of the second chamber, the first vane ( 26 ) is arranged spaced apart from a wall ( 30 ) of the first chamber ( 44 ).

Claims (6)

1. A cam phaser for transferring rotational energy from a crankshaft to a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, comprising a stator adapted for torque-proof connection to one of the crankshaft or the camshaft and a rotor received rotationally in the stator for torque-proof connection to the other of the crankshaft or the camshaft, with a first and a second chamber being formed in the stator, engaged respectively by a first vane and a second vane of the rotor, and a first bore being embodied in the first vane, in which a locking element is received for blocking a rotary motion of the rotor relative to the stator, and a second bore located in the second vane, wherein the second bore remains open and compensates for a weight imbalance caused by the first bore, wherein in an impact position of the second vane at a wall of the second chamber, the first vane is arranged spaced apart from a wall of the first chamber.

2. The cam phaser according to claim 1 , wherein the first vane and the second vane are arranged on a straight line, that extends through a rotary axis of the rotor.

3. The cam phaser according to claim 1 , wherein the first bore in the first vane and the second bore in the second vane have cross-sections differing from each other.

4. The cam phaser according to claim 3 , wherein the locking element has a cross-section essentially greater in one dimension than the cross-section of the bore in the second vane.

5. The cam phaser according to claim 3 , wherein the different cross-sections of the bores are formed by bores with different diameters.

6. The cam phaser according to claim 1 , wherein the first vane, seen in a circumferential direction of the rotor, has a thickness which is smaller than a thickness of the second vane, seen in the circumferential direction of the rotor.

Assignments (3)
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 →