Fev Motorentechnik Gmbh & Co Kg

Fev Motorentechnik Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft

Christoph Bollig

Werner Bick

Mathias Von Essen

Bernd Jung

Hans-Joerg Hermanns

Torsten Schellhase

Daniel Perak

Frank Widmann

Jurgen Dick

A four-cylinder, reciprocating piston-machine includes a crankshaft having a rotary axis; a center bearing supporting the crankshaft; two outer bearings flanking the center bearing and supporting the crankshaft; and first, second, third and fourth torsion springs extending parallel to the crankshaft axis. The first and second torsion springs are parallel to and facing a first side of a reference plane containing the crankshaft axis, while the third and fourth torsion springs are parallel to and facing a second side of the reference plane. First, second, third and fourth elongated balancing masses are secured to and extending unidirectionally from respective first, second, third and fourth torsion springs toward the crankshaft in a perpendicular orientation to the crankshaft axis. The first and second balancing masses are situated at the outer bearings, while the third and fourth balancing masses are situated at the center bearing. First, second, third and fourth control cams are keyed to the crankshaft and are in engagement with the respective first, second, third and fourth balancing masses for oscillating the balancing masses toward and away from the crankshaft axis to exert varying torques to the respective torsion springs.

Four-cylinder machine of the reciprocating piston type having balancing

Reciprocating piston engine having a mass-balancing arrangement

A combustion engine. The engine includes an engine housing; at least one cylinder disposed in the engine housing; and a crank drive including: a crankshaft having a crank; and a piston being axially displaceable within the cylinder. The crank drive further includes a connecting rod which has an upper connecting rod part hinged to the piston; and a lower connecting rod part hinged to the crank. The lower connecting rod part is hinged to the upper connecting rod part. A central joint hinges the upper connecting rod part and the lower connecting rod part to one another, a longitudinal axis of the upper connecting rod part further being defined by a line connecting the central joint with a hinge joint of the upper connecting rod part to the piston. The engine further includes a hinge point disposed on the engine housing; a control arm hinged at one end thereof to the hinge point, and at another end thereof to the upper connecting rod part; an additional joint for hinging the control arm and the upper connecting rod part to one another disposed adjacent the central joint at a distance from the longitudinal axis of the upper connecting rod part; and a controllable adjusting device connected to the hinge point for changing a distance of the hinge point with respect to the cylinder axis.

Combustion engine having a variable compression ratio

A reciprocating piston engine, in particular an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder in which a piston connected with a crankshaft is driven so it can move back and forth. The crankshaft (1) is connected with at least one cam disk turning with it. The cam disc has a control profile which acts as an actuator on at least one additional unit, in particular a compensating weight.

Reciprocating piston engine with weight compensation

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Stolberg, Germany

Christoph Bollig