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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2003
Oleg Dachtchenko, Stuttgart-Plieningen, DE;
Willi Gelse, Schorndorf, DE;
Vadim Kutenev, Moscow, RU;
Klaus Magg, Stuttgart, DE;
Andrej Nikitin, Moscow, RU;
Erhard Rau, Weilheim, DE;
Yuri Romanchev, Moscow, RU;
Hubert Schnüpke, Stuttgart, DE;
George Ter-Mkretiehian, Moscow, RU;
Michail Zienko, Moscow, RU;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine with a piston which is displacably arranged in a cylinder and is coupled in to a connecting rod whose movement can be transmitted to a crankshaft via a crank, a transmission element is provided between the connecting rod and the crank of the crankshaft and the movement of the transmission element can be manipulated by means of a control arm for an adjustment of the compression ratio of the engine. The transmission element is coupled to the crank via a joint disposed in the intermediate region between a bearing connection of the transverse lever structure with the control arm and a bearing connection of the transverse lever with the connecting rod, the bearing connection of the transverse lever with the connecting rod, the crank and the control arm being arranged in a predetermined relationship.