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US 12,203,408 B2Granted
Arrangement comprising a pin and a crank and turbocharger with such an arrangement
AssigneeHella GmbH & Co. KGaA
InventorsFlorin Daniel Birou, Dorin Alexandru Ionica, Alexandru Rita
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Abstract
An assembly is provided including a pin and a crank. The crank has a hole in which a connecting region of the pin is fixed by an interference fit to connect the pin and the crank. The hole has a substantially circular cross-section and the connecting portion has a circular cross-section. The cross-section of the hole deviates from the circular shape at one or more places and is larger at any such locations than the cross-section of the connecting portion.
Claims10
An arrangement comprising:
- a pin having a connecting portion;
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- a crank having a hole that receives the connecting portion to connect the pin and the crank,
- wherein a cross-section of the hole has a substantially circular shape but deviates from the circular shape at one or more places and is larger at the one or more places than a cross-section of the connecting portion,
- wherein when the pin is in a first configuration positioned outside the hole, the connecting portion has a cross-section defined by a first shape, and
- wherein when the pin is in a second configuration positioned within the hole, the connecting portion has a cross-section defined by a second shape that is different from the first shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.