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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2020
Iwis Motorsysteme Gmbh & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
IWIS MOTORSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for controlling the length of a sprocket chain of a chain type includes alternately arranged inner chain links and outer chain links that are connected together by, means of a chain joint, wherein each outer chain link has two outer plates, each of which comprises two openings and two pins that are pressed into the openings of the outer plates, each pin of the outer chain links having a joint region, which contacts the inner chain link and has a joint diameter, and two joining regions, which are pressed into the openings of the outer plates and have a joining diameter. The method prevents the disadvantages known from the prior art and in particular leads to a simple chain length control. For this purpose, the method has the following steps: providing a pin set comprising a plurality of pins, wherein at least two of the pins of the pin set have different joint diameters in the joint regions; and for at least one of the pins of the pin set; the joint diameter of the joint region differs from the joining diameter of the joining regions; ascertaining the pin joint region diameter required for a specified chain length; selecting the pin with the ascertained joint region diameter from the pin set; pressing the joining regions of the pin into the openings in the outer plates; and completing the sprocket chain. The use of a pin in such a method and to a pin set for such a method is also provided.