Compressor assembly for a compressed-air feed of a compressed-air supply system
AssigneeZF CV Systems Hannover GmbH
InventorDetlev Eggebrecht
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Abstract
A compressor assembly includes a compressor having a cylinder and a connecting rod in a connecting rod plane. The connecting rod includes a compressor piston and a connecting rod bearing. The compressor assembly includes a drive having an axis of rotation, a drive shaft, and a housing. The drive shaft is mounted in a drive shaft bearing and has a connecting rod side end and a connecting rod remote end. The drive shaft has a connecting-rod receiving portion which is arranged eccentrically to the axis of rotation of the drive at the connecting rod side end.
Claims20
A compressor assembly for a compressed air feed of a compressed air supply system, for operating a pneumatic system, the compressor assembly comprising:
- a connecting rod bearing defining an enclosed inner central void;
- a compressor having a connecting rod in a connecting rod plane, wherein the connecting rod includes a compressor piston configured to reciprocate in a cylinder;
- a drive having an axis of rotation, a drive shaft, and a housing,
- wherein the drive shaft is mounted in a drive shaft bearing and has a connecting rod side end and a connecting rod remote end, the drive shaft bearing rotatably mounting the drive shaft to the housing,
- wherein the drive shaft has a connecting-rod receiving portion which is arranged eccentrically to the axis of rotation of the drive at the connecting rod side end, the connecting rod bearing rotatably mounting the connecting rod to the connecting rod side end of the drive shaft,
- wherein at least a portion of the drive shaft bearing projects into the enclosed inner central void defined by the connecting rod bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.