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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1988
Max Ruf, Obereisesheim, DE;
Erwin Korostenski, Oedheim, DE;
Audi AG, , DE;
Abstract
A cast iron camshaft (1) for an internal combustion engine, has at one end a toothed pulley (3) engaging a toothed belt, and an internal tensile member including a screw threaded bolt (5). The bolt engages part of the camshaft (1) adjacent the end where the toothed pulley (3) is fixed, and extends along a longitudinal bore (6), and has a screw threaded end (8) which engages an internal thread (9) positioned adjacent the point where the bending moment exerted on the camshaft by the toothed belt tension P becomes zero. As a result, the alternating bending loads which would otherwise occur in the vicinity of the cross-section X--X which is in danger, are converted into a continuous compressive load, which can be sustained by the cast iron material more effectively than an alternating bending load.