Lightweight distributor rotor driveshaft
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsDavid H. Fox, Charles C. Kostan
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Abstract
A lightweight distributor rotor driveshaft formed as a unitary structure. The unitary structure includes a socket member for engaging the rotationally driven element in the engine, at one end, and a mounting bearing surface configuration at the opposite end. The rotational bearing surface formed at the opposite end of the rotor driveshaft provides self-lubricating bearing surfaces which slide over fixed metallic surfaces within the distributor housing.
Claims8
An internal combustion engine ignition distributor connected to be driven by said engine and containing a rotor driveshaft, a rotor element and a fixed metallic ring element having an outside circular surface, said rotor driveshaft includes:
- a first end containing means for engagement with a drive member of said engine;
- a second end containing means for mounting said rotor element thereon and said rotor mounting means contains an integral inwardly facing circular surface having a diameter slightly larger than said fixed metallic ring element surface, located in opposition to said metallic surface to thereby form a rotational bearing therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.