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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nico Schreeck, Lauenau, DE;
Dietmar Lagies, Braunschweig, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/344 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/344 ;
Abstract
An accessory drive for the valves of an internal combustion engine, especially an Otto engine, especially for a motor vehicle, with at least one camshaft, which is divided into two camshaft halves. A camshaft gear wheel is provided between the two halves of the camshaft. A hydraulic camshaft adjuster is installed between the two halves of the camshaft. This adjuster is designed as a thrust bearing for each of the two halves of the camshaft, and each camshaft half has a hydraulic fluid connection extending via the associated thrust bearing to the camshaft adjuster.