Belt pulley for a crankshaft in a vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorTobias Wolf
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Abstract
A belt pulley is provided for a crankshaft in a vehicle. The belt pulley can be mounted on an end of the crankshaft projecting from an engine block. The belt pulley includes, but is not limited to a drive disc, which can be fixed on the end of the crankshaft projecting from the engine block in a rotationally fixed manner, vibration damper which includes, but is not limited to a bulge that is elastically connected to the drive disc and an end body, which includes, but is not limited to a hollow space. A sound-damping component is arranged in the hollow space and the hollow space is covered by means of a cover disc.
Claims18
A belt pulley for a crankshaft in a vehicle is mountable on an end of the crankshaft that projects from an engine block, comprising:
- a drive disc that is fixable on the end of the crankshaft that project from the engine block in a rotationally fixed manner;
- a torsional vibration damper comprising a bulge that is elastically connected to the drive disc;
- an annular end body that comprises a hollow space, wherein the hollow space comprises a hollow circular center of the annular end body, and wherein the hollow space is arranged coaxially with the crankshaft and in the middle of the drive disc;
- a sound-damping component that is arranged completely in the hollow space except for a flange-like collar;
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- a cover disc that is configured to cover the hollow space.
A vehicle, comprising:
- an engine block;
- a crankshaft comprising a crankshaft end projecting from the engine block
- a belt pulley arranged the end projection from the engine block, the belt pulley comprising:
- a drive disc that is fixable on the end of the crankshaft that project from the engine block in a rotationally fixed manner;
- a torsional vibration damper comprising a bulge that is elastically connected to the drive disc;
- an annular end body that comprises a hollow space, wherein the hollow space comprises a hollow circular center of the annular end body, and wherein the hollow space is arranged coaxially with the crankshaft and in the middle of the drive disc;
- a sound-damping component that is arranged completely in the hollow space except for a flange-like collar;
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- a cover disc that is configured to cover the hollow space,
- wherein the drive disc of the belt pulley is fixed on the end of the crankshaft projecting from the engine block in a rotationally fixed manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.