Abstract:
A camshaft for the drive of an internal combustion engine has a hollow shaft carrying one or more cams or partial cams and an inner shaft disposed within the hollow shafts and rotatable relative to the hollow shaft. The inner shaft has one or more cams or partial cams disposed outside the hollow shaft and attached for rotation with the inner shaft through clearances in the hollow shaft. A camshaft driving arrangement includes a camshaft timing gear coupled with both shafts and a device responsive to a parameter characteristic of the operating conditions of the drive for adjusting the rotational position of either one or both of the inner and hollow shafts relative to the camshaft timing gear. The adjusting device includes an electric motor fixed on the timing gear and controlled by electrical signals. The motor acts on a threaded spindle which meshes with a counterthread surface on the inner shaft or the outer shaft, or both, for adjusting the relative position of the shaft or shafts relative to top dead center.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder, a piston displaceable therein, a control member movable to control the engine output, means including an intake valve for effecting the induction of a fuel-air mixture into the cylinder, timing means including a main cam shaft having a cam for opening and closing the intake valve, and phase-shifting means including an auxiliary cam shaft having a cam shifting the phase of closing of the intake valve in response to the movement of the control member to thereby control the quantity of fuel-air mixture in the cylinder at the time of combustion.
Abstract:
An electrically-controlled camshaft phaser with a gearbox assembly, including a sun gear having outwardly-facing gear teeth; at least one planet gear, having outwardly-facing gear teeth, that moves radially relative to an axis of sun gear rotation; at least one pin that carries the planet gear; and a deformable outer ring, carried by the sun gear, that engages the planet gear and moves the planet gear radially toward a ring gear.
Abstract:
An electromechanical camshaft phaser (3) comprises a setting gear (4) and an electric motor (5), which is controlled by means of an electric-motor control unit (6). Data concerning the operation of the electric motor (5) including position changes of its motor shaft are transferred via a data bus (8) from the electric-motor control unit (6) to an engine control unit (7) of the internal combustion engine (1) comprising the camshaft phaser (3). In addition, recurring time signals are transferred from the electric-motor control unit (6) to the engine control unit (7) via a separate line (9), by which harder real-time requirements are met than by the data bus (8). The time signals are used to generate a time difference signal in the engine control unit (7) by comparison with the data received by the engine control unit (7), which time difference signal is fed back to the electric-motor control unit (6) via the data bus (8) and is used there to synchronize the electric-motor control unit (6) with the engine control unit (7).
Abstract:
A housing is rotatable synchronously with a crankshaft of an engine. A plurality of external teeth arrangements is respectively shaped into a ring form and is formed integrally with the housing in one piece and is configured to mesh with a plurality of chains, respectively, each of which is wound around the crankshaft or a sprocket that is rotatable. A cam plate is connected to a camshaft of the engine and is rotatable relative to the housing. A plurality of stoppers is formed integrally with the housing in one piece while the stoppers are configured to limit relative rotation between the housing and the cam plate within a predetermined range when the stoppers contact the cam plate. Each stopper is placed at a position, at which the stopper does not overlap with any of the external teeth arrangements in a view taken in an axial direction of the housing.
Abstract:
A variable camshaft timing device adjusts phase between a camshaft and a crankshaft and includes a first ring gear configured to connect to the camshaft and rotate about a center axis, having a plurality of radially-inwardly facing gear teeth; a second ring gear axially spaced from the first ring gear, configured to receive rotational input from the crankshaft and rotate about the center axis, having a plurality of radially-inwardly facing gear teeth; a planetary gear assembly including one or more planet gears that are configured for rotation by an electric motor and engage the first ring gear and the second ring gear through the planet gear(s); and a cushioned stop configured to transmit energy between the planetary gear assembly and a planetary gear stop attached to a sprocket or a camshaft plate.
Abstract:
A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, a phase adjustment mechanism configured as a differential type reduction gear mechanism where an inner gear rotates about a rotation axis while revolving around an eccentric axis which is disposed parallel to the rotation axis in a state where a drive shaft fitted in the inner gear is driven to rotate about the rotation axis, a biasing member provided at an outer periphery of the drive shaft and applying a biasing force to mesh an external teeth portion of the inner gear with an internal teeth portion of the ring gear, and a restriction portion provided at the drive shaft to restrict a displacement of the inner gear in a direction where the inner gear is separated from the ring gear against the biasing force of the biasing member.
Abstract:
An electrically-actuatable camshaft adjuster includes an adjustment gear which has a drive wheel with an external toothing. The adjustment gear also has an additional ring-shaped component which is solidly screwed to the drive wheel. In particular, the drive wheel has internal threading into which outer threading of the ring-shaped component is screwed.
Abstract:
A control unit for an internal combustion engine is configured for suppressing knocking phenomenon with reduction of overlap, while maintaining an opening timing of an exhaust valve at the time of low-rotation, high-load state. A valve opening/closing timing control apparatus includes a phase adjustment mechanism configured to vary a relative rotational phase between a driving side rotary body rotatable in synchronism with a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and a driven side rotary body rotatable together with an exhaust cam shaft. After an opening timing of the exhaust valve, an advancing operation is effected for displacing the relative rotational phase in the advancing direction relative to the opening timing.
Abstract:
An electric cam phasing system is provided. The electric cam phasing system includes an electric motor including a center shaft; a camshaft; a center fastener extending into a center of the camshaft and a gearbox including a sprocket and a drive unit. The drive unit includes an input shaft coupling connected to the center shaft. The drive unit is configured for coupling the camshaft to the sprocket in a manner such that relative phasing of the camshaft with respect to sprocket is adjustable via the electric motor driving the drive unit. The electric cam phasing system also includes a lock positioned axially between the center shaft and the camshaft, the lock being configured for selectively engaging the center fastener to lock the gearbox.