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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1999
Juergen Schnur, Ditzingen, DE;
Silvia Tomaschko, Ulm, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for changing the clamping conditions of a rotatable part, which is rotatably disposed in the shaft bearing, and in the case of which the axis of rotation of the rotatable part is arranged axially identically with the axis of rotation of the shaft bearing. For changing a sound effect emanating from the rotatable part, the axial and radial clamping conditions between the shaft bearing and a rotatable part rotatably held in the shaft bearing, particularly of a shaft, of the engine, are changed in a controllable manner. Likewise, the transmission function of the vibrations, particularly of vibrations generating sound waves, existing between the rotatable part and the shaft bearing or a component contacting the shaft bearing is changed.