Avl List Gmbh

Avl Gesellschaft Fur Verbrennungskraftmaschinen Und Messtechnik M.b.h.

Iwis Motorsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg

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Helmut Melde-Tuczai

Andreas Zurk

Othmar Skatsche

Abdelkarim Redouane

Bernhard Hoedl

Christof Knollmayr

Johann Wagner

Stefan Lichtenegger

Siegfried Loesch

Mario Theissl

Florian Bodensteiner

Johann Aigner

Anamaria Munteanu

Miroslaw Robaczewski

Katrin Wand

Martin Bodensteiner

Gerhard Feichtinger

Malte Heller

Gunter K Fraidl

Kai Arens

Bernhard Kometter

Steffen Latz

Bruno Schukoff

Zoltán Riba

Wilhelm Greylinger

Gerhard Heimel

Johannes Rieger

Siegfried Hartwig

Ugur Ergezen

Skatsche Othmar

Mario Sucher

Josef Rachholz

Christian Hubmann

Bernhard Hödl

Wolfgang Schoeffmann

Tuomas Tanska

Klaus Nowotny

A longitudinally adjustable connecting rod for a piston engine, where the connecting rod includes a first connecting rod end for receiving a piston pin and a second connecting rod end for receiving a crankshaft journal, where the distance between the piston pin and the crankshaft journal is adjustable in the longitudinal direction (A) of the connecting rod by way of a hydraulic control device with a hydraulic control valve. The hydraulic control valve comprises a control cylinder and a control slide which is guided in a slidable manner in the control cylinder and which can be pressurized, and at least one outlet valve which can be actuated by the control slide. The control slide comprises a control piston which is arranged on the end face, with a control pressure surface which can be subjected to the hydraulic control pressure and which defines a control pressure chamber in the control cylinder. The use of such a longitudinally adjustable connecting rod with a hydraulic control device in a piston engine as well as a corresponding piston engine is also provided.

Hydraulic control valve for a longitudinally adjustable connecting rod with an end-face control piston

The invention relates to a longitudinally adjustable connecting rod () for a reciprocating piston engine, in particular a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, a reciprocating piston engine, and a vehicle comprising a reciprocating piston engine. The longitudinally adjustable connecting rod () comprises a longitudinal adjusting mechanism () for adjusting an effective length (L) of the connecting rod, a hydraulically actuated control device (), switchable at least between two control modes, for controlling the longitudinal adjustment, and an electromagnetically actuated hydraulic switching valve () for hydraulically actuating the control device ().

Length-adjustable piston rod with a control device that can be hydraulically actuated and a switching valve that can be electromagnetically actuated, a reciprocating piston engine and a vehicle

A length-adjustable connecting rod for a reciprocating piston machine, which may be a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, is disclosed as well as a reciprocating piston machine and a vehicle. The connecting rod comprises a hydraulic length-adjusting device for adjusting an effective connecting rod length and a control device that can switch between two switching states, for controlling the length-adjusting device. The length-adjusting device comprises a hydraulic cylinder with a piston and a first hydraulic working chamber and a second hydraulic working chamber, the control device comprising a first valve and a second valve, the first valve of the control device being connected to the first hydraulic working chamber of the length-adjusting device in a fluid-communicating manner, and the second valve to the second hydraulic working chamber, the first valve and the second valve each being actuatable by means of a hydraulically actuatable adjusting piston that can axially move along an adjusting axis, the adjusting axis of the first valve being different from the adjusting axis of the second valve.

Length-adjustable connecting rod with control device

The invention relates to a length-adjustable connecting rod for a reciprocating piston engine, particularly a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, comprising a hydraulic arrangement with which a length of the connecting rod can be adjusted, and a switching valve for controlling the inflow and outflow of a hydraulic medium into or out of the hydraulic arrangement, wherein the switching valve can be actuated electromagnetically.

Length-adjustable connecting rod with electromagnetically-actuatable switching valve

A length-adjustable connecting rod has a first rod part and a second rod part, with the rod parts being displaceable telescopically toward and/or in one another by means of a length-adjusting means, and with the length-adjusting means being chargeable via a hydraulic channel with a hydraulic medium. The hydraulic channel is fluidly connectable by means of a control device to a hydraulic medium supply channel. The control device has a first and a second valve, each with a valve chamber and each with a valve body that can be pressed by a restorative force against a valve seat. The valve chamber of the first valve is fluidly connected to a first hydraulic channel, and the second valve chamber of the second valve to a second hydraulic channel. The valve bodies are operatively interconnected via a connecting device that can be displaced between a first position and a second position.

Longitudinally adjustable connecting rod

The invention relates to a variable valve control device () for internal combustion engines of the reciprocating-piston design having at least one gas exchange valve, which can be actuated by a camshaft () by means of a cam device () that is connected to the camshaft () for conjoint rotation and that has at least two different cam tracks (), which camshaft is supported in such a way that the camshaft can be rotated about a camshaft axis (), wherein, selectively, one of the cam tracks () can be activated and at least one other cam track () can be deactivated by means of a control device (), and wherein the control device () has at least one control element (), which is guided axially, in particular within the camshaft, and by which at least one cam device () that is supported on the camshaft () for conjoint rotation but axially movably and that has at least two different cam tracks () can be adjusted by means of at least one driving piece (). In order to enable reliable and fail-safe variable valve actuation in the simplest possible manner, at least one blocking element () is provided for blocking and releasing the axial adjustment motion of the cam device (), wherein the blocking element () has a control stud () fixedly connected to the cam device () and a&#x2014;preferably stationary&#x2014;control disk () arranged coaxial to the camshaft (), wherein the control disk () has, in at least one angular region, at least one control opening () for receiving the control stud ().

Variable valve control device for internal combustion engines

The invention relates to a length-adjustable connecting rod () for a reciprocating-piston machine, in particular for an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one first rod part () having a small connecting rod eye () and a second rod part () having a large connecting rod eye (), which two rod parts can be moved in relation to each other and/or in each other in a telescopic manner, wherein the second rod part forms a guiding cylinder () and the first rod part forms a piston element () that can be longitudinally displaced in the guiding cylinder, wherein a first high-pressure chamber () is spanned between the second rod part and the piston element on the side of the piston element facing the large connecting rod eye, into which first high-pressure chamber at least one first oil channel () leads, in which in particular a first check valve () opening in the direction of the first high-pressure chamber is arranged, wherein at least a first return channel () extends from the first high-pressure chamber, an outflow cross-section of which return channel can be closed by a control valve () in a first position and can be opened by the control valve in a second position, wherein the control valve preferably has a control piston () that can be axially displaced in an accommodating bore () of the second rod part of the connecting rod, which control piston in particular can be moved into the first position by means of a return spring () and can be moved into the second position against the force of the return spring by means of an actuating force. In order to be able to change the compression ratio as simply possible, the piston element according to the invention is designed as a piston that is operative at both ends.

Length-adjustable connecting rod

A valve actuating device for variable valve control wherein at least one articulation point between a valve lever and a gas exchange valve, or a force transmission element which acts on the gas exchange valve, is adjustable by way of an adjusting device which includes a piston displaceably mounted in the valve lever, a piston rod which is connected to the piston is connected in an articulated manner at a first articulation point to a first end of a push rod whose second end is connected in an articulated manner at a second articulation point to the gas exchange valve, or the force transmission part which acts on the gas exchange valve, the first articulation point being displaced in the longitudinal direction of the piston rod at least between a first position and a second position.

Valve actuating device

The invention relates to a length-adjustable con rod () for a reciprocating piston engine, particularly an internal combustion engine, having at least a first and a second rod part (), wherein the two rod parts () can be pushed together and/or inside one another in a telescoping manner, wherein the second rod part () forms a guide cylinder () and the first rod part () a piston element () which can be pushed longitudinally in the guide cylinder (), wherein a high-pressure chamber (), into which at least one oil channel () opens, is clamped between the first and the second rod parts (). To enable the compression ratio to be adjusted in the simplest and most reliable manner possible, according to the invention the two rod parts () can be fixed, by a locking device (), relative to one another in at least one position, preferably corresponding to a minimum length of the con rod ().

Length-adjustable con rod

A length-adjustable connecting rod for a reciprocating-piston engine. At least one first rod part and second rod part are telescopically displaceable relative to and/or into one another. The second rod part forms a guide cylinder and the first rod part forms a piston element which is longitudinally displaceable in the guide cylinder. Between the first and second rod parts is a high-pressure chamber into which at least one first oil duct opens. At least one control valve is arranged in the first oil duct, with an actuator thereof to be displaced into a first position by a spring and into a second position by oil pressure against the force of the spring. To permit adjustment of the compression ratio, a second oil duct formed as a feed duct opens into the high-pressure chamber and in which a check valve is arranged which opens in the direction of the high-pressure chamber.

Connecting rod for a reciprocating-piston engine

An internal combustion engine (), includes a cylinder head () and a cylinder block (), with a crankcase () being fixed to the cylinder block (), and with the crankcase () including at least one oil pump. In order to reduce the production effort the oil pump is arranged in the crankcase (), with the oil pump () being connected with a flange (), and with the flange () being fixed to a mounting wall () of the crankcase ().

Internal combustion engine having a cylinder head and a cylinder block

An internal combustion engine (), including a cylinder head () and a cylinder block (), with a crankcase () being fixed to the cylinder block (), and with at least one mass balancing shaft () being held in the crankcase (). In order to reduce the production effort it is provided that&#x2014;when seen in the direction of the axis () of the crankshaft ()&#x2014;a first pin () which is arranged in a borehole () and arranged as an alignment pin is positioned in the region of the face side () of the crankcase () on a straight connecting line () between the axis () of the mass balancing shaft () and the axis () of the crankshaft (), with preferably the first pin () being arranged in the crankcase () and the borehole () in the flanged bush ().

An internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder and at least one gas exchange valve () controlled by a first cam () on a first camshaft () and by a second cam () on a second camshaft (), at least one camshaft () having an adjustable phase position in order to modify the control times of the gas exchange valve (). The first cam () acts upon actuating means () and the second cam () upon actuating means () which actuate the gas exchange valve (). The actuating means () are designed in such a way that the gas exchange valve () opens only when both the first cam () and the second cam () are acting upon the actuating means (). A simple structure with very high degrees of freedom for the control is achieved in that the actuating means () comprise a lever which actuates the gas exchange valve () and is actuated by both cams ().

Internal combustion engine

A cylinder liner for a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine, includes a cylinder liner collar which is adjacent to a cylinder head sealing plane and into which is formed at least one circular cooling duct. In order to ensure adherence to a temperature window between a maximum temperature and a minimum temperature during operation, the cross section of the cooling duct is formed by a closed profile line within the cylinder liner collar, and the cross section of the cooling duct has a substantially oblong shape whose height as measured substantially in the direction of the cylinder liner axis is larger than its maximum width as measured substantially in the radial direction of the cylinder liner, with the arrangement and/or the cross-sectional shape of the cooling duct being provided in such a way that the cooling of the cylinder liner collar is higher in an upper zone which is closest to the cylinder head sealing plane than in a lower zone of the cooling duct which is disposed remotest from the cylinder head sealing plane.

Cylinder liner for a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine

An electric braking device for measuring the torque of an engine includes a rotor rotating with a shaft and a stator which is tiltably supported in a housing by a bearing at either of its front ends, each end being provided with a disk-shaped bearing shield with a pivot journal. To prevent the measured results from being influenced by the stator bearings hydrostatic swivel bearings are used, one being axially movable and the other axially immovable. Each hydraulic swivel bearing includes a ring slipped over a pivot journal of the bearing shield the ring being supported by two bearing bodies secured against rotating, the latter being located one on either side of a longitudinal center plane containing the shaft axis and below a transverse plane containing the shaft axis and being normal to the center plane. Each bearing body includes a bearing pad and a supporting body permanently attached to the housing, the bearing pad is tiltably supported by the supporting body, and the ring of the axially immovable bearing is supported by the bearing pad so as to be secured against axial shifting.

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