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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1992
Franz Pawellek, Marktheidenfeld, DE;
Egon Eisenbacher, Karlstadt, DE;
Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH, Lohr am Main, DE;
Abstract
An engine brake for a multicylinder internal combustion engine includes valves that can be periodically opened briefly, in each case outside the exhaust stroke. In the vicinity of the applicable valve drive, a hydraulic piston is provided that is triggered synchronously with the engine rpm via an associated control line by a hydraulic pressure distributor fed by a pump. To improve the accuracy of control over the entire engine rpm range, the various valves are assigned a central positive displacement pump that runs synchronously with the camshaft rpm and whose outlet line leads to the hydraulic pressure distributor, which has a distributor disk. In engine braking operation, an alternating connection of the applicable control line to either the pump outlet line or a low-pressure region of the hydraulic control circuit is effected synchronously with the engine rpm by means of the distributor disk.