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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Matthias Friedrichs, Nuremberg, DE;
Matthias Friedrichs, Nuremberg, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus () for the variable setting of control times of gas exchange valves () of an internal combustion engine (), having an inner rotor () and an outer rotor () which is arranged such that it can rotate relative to the former, and the inner rotor () has a constant phase relationship to a crankshaft () of the internal combustion engine (). The apparatus () has one or more coupling elements (), into which a drive shaft () of an additional assembly () can engage, and wherein torque can be transmitted from the apparatus () to the drive shaft () by the coupling element () or coupling elements (). It is provided here to connect the coupling element () or coupling elements () fixedly in terms of rotation to the inner rotor () or to configure it/them in one piece with the inner rotor.