Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .Kg

Boris Putz

Andreas Strauss

Ali Bayrakdar

Joachim Dietz

A camshaft adjusting device, including a camshaft () and a camshaft adjuster () having a stator () that can be connected to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and a rotor () that is rotatably mounted in the stator () and can be connected to the camshaft () and a clamping device () for clamping the rotor () to the camshaft and a rolling bearing () absorbing both axial and radial forces for mounting the camshaft adjusting device in a stationary housing (), wherein the rotor () is clamped to the camshaft () by the clamping device () via an inner ring () or an outer ring () of the rolling bearing ().

Camshaft adjusting device

A device for setting the relative rotational position of a camshaft () of an internal combustion engine () relative to a crankshaft () driving the camshaft (), having a traction mechanism drive () wrapping around the crankshaft () and the camshaft (), which includes a loaded traction-mechanism section () and a non-loaded traction-mechanism section (), and a tensioning device () for changing the length of the loaded traction-mechanism section (). The tensioning device () is supported on the internal combustion engine () and has an adjustment device () that can be fixed.

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Furth, Germany

Boris Putz