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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Ryan Heinbuch, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Dumitru Puiu, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Justin Ketterer, LaSalle, CA;
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An engine assembly including a crankshaft, a bell crank pivotally mounted on the crankshaft, the bell crank having a first end and a second end opposite of the first end, a connecting rod connected to the first end of the bell crank, a control shaft, a control link mounted on the control shaft and connected to the second end of the bell crank, a driven gear fixed to the crankshaft, a drive gear fixed to the control shaft, an actuator, and a split-torque gear box splitting the torque from the driven gear between the drive gear via a first torque path and the actuator via a second torque path.