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AssigneeSchaefller Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsWolfgang Braun, Jens Heim, Jens Schäfer, Andreas Thölke
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A camshaft adjuster for adjusting the phase angle between a crankshaft and a camshaft of an internal combustion engine comprises an actuator, in particular, an electric motor, and an adjustment module, which comprises a drive element, which can be driven by the crankshaft, and an output element, which can be rotated relative to the drive element to a limited extent and which is provided to be securely coupled to the camshaft, wherein a signal generator, which is arranged so as to be fixed in position on the internal combustion engine and which has an inductance, is inductively coupled to a measurement circuit, which is integrated into the adjustment module and which has at least one resonant circuit component having electrical properties that depend on the said phase angle.
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A camshaft adjuster for adjusting the phase angle between a crankshaft and a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, said camshaft adjuster comprising an actuator and an adjustment module, which comprises a drive element, which can be driven by means of the crankshaft, as well as an output element, which can be rotated to a limited extent relative to said drive element and is securely coupled to the camshaft, wherein a signal generator, which has an inductance and is arranged so as to be fixed in position on the internal combustion engine, as well as a measurement circuit, which is inductively coupled to said signal generator and is integrated into the adjustment module and which has at least one resonant circuit component having electrical properties, which depend on the said phase angle.
A method for measuring the setting of a camshaft adjuster, which is designed for adjusting the phase angle between a crankshaft and a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, said method comprising the following steps:
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