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AssigneeGomecsys B.V.
InventorsWillem-Constant Wagenvoort, Sander Wagenaar, Lambertus Hendrik De Gooijer
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A method of assembling a crankshaft and a crank member comprises supplying a crankshaft including a crankpin which extends between crank arms, supplying two halves of a crank member, which are fixed to each other about the crankpin such that in assembled condition the crank member is rotatable about the crankpin and comprises a bearing portion having an outer circumferential wall for bearing a big end of a connecting rod and an external crank member gear for driving the crank member about the crankpin, wherein the halves are fitted about the crankpin, hence creating two contact faces at opposite sides of the crankpin, after which both halves are fixed to each other in circumferential direction by means of applying at least a fixation at a fixing place located remote from the bearing portion and the toothed surface of the crank member gear.
A method of assembling a crankshaft and a crank member, comprising:
An assembly of a crankshaft and a crank member, wherein the crankshaft includes a crankpin extending between crank arms, wherein the crankshaft has a crankshaft axis and the crankpin has a crankpin axis, wherein the crank member is rotatably mounted on the crankpin and comprises a bearing portion having an outer circumferential wall for bearing a big end of a connecting rod and an external crank member gear configured to drive the crank member about the crankpin, wherein the crank member comprises two halves, which are fixed to each other at two contact faces between said halves extending between opposite axial outer sides of the crank member, wherein at least at one contact face a fixation is configured to fix both halves at said contact face in a circumferential direction, the fixation being applied at a fixing place located at an axial outer side of the crank member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.