Hollow body comprising an integrated oil separator unit
AssigneeThyssenkrupp Presta Teccenter AG
InventorsJuergen Meusel, Ulf Mueller, Andreas Stapelmann, Daniel Paul
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Abstract
A hollow body, in particular a camshaft, is provided. The hollow body includes an integrated oil separator unit, a swirl generator being located in a cavity of the hollow body and the hollow body having at least one supply opening in the camshaft case for introducing gas that is charged with oil into the cavity and at least one discharge opening for carrying away separated oil and gas that has been cleaned of oil. The hollow body has an oil separator ring inside the cavity, downstream of the swirl generator when viewed in the flow direction.
Claims18
A hollow body formed at least in regions in a hollow-cylindrical manner by a camshaft, having an integrated oil separating device, the hollow body comprising:
- a swirl generator disposed in a cavity of the hollow body;
- at least one casing-side supply opening configured for introducing gas, which is charged with oil, into the cavity,
- at least one discharge opening arranged for diverting separated oil and diverting gas, from which oil has been removed;
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- an oil separating ring is disposed within the cavity and downstream of the swirl generator as seen in a flow direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.