IP Library Granted Patent US 9,476,327
Granted Patent B2
US 9,476,327 · App. 14/394,071 · Granted Oct 25, 2016

Camshaft adjusting device

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Patent No.
US 9,476,327
App. No.
14/394,071
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camshaft adjusting device ( 19 ) having a camshaft adjuster ( 4 ), including a stator ( 36 ), a rotor ( 38 ) which can be rotated relative to the stator ( 36 ) about a rotational axis ( 74 ), and a hub ( 52 ) which is arranged on the rotor ( 38 ) or on the stator ( 36 ) and has a receiving cup ( 62 ), and having a camshaft ( 12 ) which is received in the receiving cup ( 62 ). It is provided here that the camshaft ( 12 ) is fixed radially in the receiving cup ( 62 ) via at least three spacer elements ( 64 ). A camshaft adjusting device ( 19 ) of this type can be produced simply and inexpensively.

Claims (15)

1. A camshaft adjusting device comprising:

a camshaft adjuster including a stator, a rotor rotatable relative to the stator around a rotation axis, and a hub situated on the rotor or on the stator and having a receiving bushing; and

a camshaft accommodated in the receiving bushing, the camshaft being radially fixed in the receiving bushing with aid of at least three spacer elements

wherein the spacer elements are situated on an inner wall of the receiving bushing and contact a cylindrical outer surface of the camshaft.

2. The camshaft adjusting device as recited in claim 1 wherein at least two of the spacer elements are situated offset from each other in the axial direction.

3. The camshaft adjusting device as recited in claim 1 wherein the spacer elements extend in the axial direction.

4. The camshaft adjusting device as recited in claim 3 wherein the spacer elements extend in the axial direction to a base of the receiving bushing, and indentations are introduced into the base, the indentations surrounding each of the spacer elements.

5. The camshaft adjusting device as recited in claim 1 wherein the spacer elements taper in the radial direction of the camshaft.

6. The camshaft adjusting device as recited in claim 1 wherein a contact area between the camshaft and a particular spacer element is provided as an axial contact line.

7. The camshaft adjusting device as recited in claim 1 further comprising at least one form-fitting element situated on a base of the receiving bushing, the receiving bushing being rotatably fixedly coupled with a complementary form-fitting element on a front of the camshaft.

8. The camshaft adjusting device as recited in claim 1 wherein the receiving bushing is situated on the rotor.

9. A method for manufacturing a camshaft adjusting device comprising the steps of:

mounting a rotor and a stator relative to each other, and rotatably with respect to a camshaft adjuster, the camshaft adjuster being centered on a camshaft;

powder-metallurgically manufacturing a hub for the rotor or for the stator, the hub including a receiving bushing and at least three spacer elements situated on an inner wall of the receiving bushing, radial tolerances of the spacer elements being set with the aid of calibration; and

introducing the camshaft into the receiving bushing and fixing the camshaft radially to the receiving bushing with aid of the spacer elements contacting a cylindrical surface of the camshaft.

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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2016
From: HEINEMANN, ROBERT; WEBER, JUERGEN
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 038864/0532 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →