Balancing shaft
AssigneeHerzog Intertec GmbH
InventorsEwald Herzog, Raphael Herzog
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Abstract
The invention relates to a balancing shaft for a multi-cylinder engine having at least one unbalanced weight portion (21, 22; 23, 24) and at least one bearing (16, 17), the at least one unbalanced weight portion (21, 22; 23, 24) being associated with a bearing (16, 17), the bearing (16, 17) having a radial running face (18) which extends only partially over a periphery of the bearing (16, 17) and a centrifugal force which results during rotation of the balancing shaft (11) is situated within a region of the bearing (16, 17) that is formed by the running face (18) which extends partially over the periphery of the bearing (16, 17).
Claims21
A balancing shaft for a multi-cylinder engine having at least one unbalanced weight portion and at least one bearing, the at least one unbalanced weight portion being associated with the bearing, characterized in that the bearing has a radial running face which extends only partially over a periphery of the bearing and a centrifugal force which results during rotation of the balancing shaft is situated within a region of the bearing that is formed by the radial running face, wherein the bearing has, viewed in cross section to the longitudinal direction of the balancing shaft, a depression.
The balancing shaft as claimed in claimed 16, characterized in that the at least one unbalanced weight portion is provided at an outer end of a basic element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.