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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2006
Jens Schäfer, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Martin Steigerwald, Erlangen, DE;
Jonathan Heywood, Pettstadt, DE;
Jens Schäfer, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Martin Steigerwald, Erlangen, DE;
Jonathan Heywood, Pettstadt, DE;
Schaeffler KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device () for the electrical adjustment of the relative rotary-angle position between a camshaft () and a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, with an adjusting gear () which has a driving part () fixed with respect to the crankshaft, a driven part () fixed with respect to the camshaft and an adjusting shaft () connected fixedly in terms of rotation to an adjustment-unit shaft () of an electrical adjustment unit (). In order to achieve a simpler type of construction which, moreover, is distinguished by quiet running, there is provision, according to the invention, for the adjusting shaft () to be arranged in a radially floating manner.