Camshaft adjuster
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorChristoph Betz
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Abstract
A camshaft adjuster having a drive element, an output element and a spring, wherein the drive element and the output element can rotate relative to each other, wherein the spring is secured by a spring bearing of the drive element and a spring bearing of the output element, wherein the spring supports the relative rotation between the drive element and the output element, wherein the spring bearing has a radius that is larger than the radius of the spring and, as a result of this ratio of the radii, a two-line contact between the spring and the spring bearing is formed.
Claims16
A camshaft adjuster comprising:
- a drive element;
- an output element;
- and
- a spring,
- the drive element and the output element being rotatable relative to each other, the spring being fixed by a drive element spring bearing of the drive element and an output element spring bearing of the output element, the spring supporting the relative rotation between the drive element and the output element, a radius of curvature R1 of the spring being smaller than a radius of curvature R2 of at least one of the drive element and output element spring bearings, a two-line contact between the spring and the one of the drive element and output element spring bearings being formed due to the different radii of curvatures R1 and R2.
A camshaft adjuster comprising:
- a drive element;
- an output element;
- and
- a spring,
- the drive element and the output element being rotatable relative to each other, the spring being fixed by a drive element spring bearing of the drive element and an output element spring bearing of the output element, the spring supporting the relative rotation between the drive element and the output element, a radius of curvature R1 of the spring being smaller than a radius of curvature R2 of each of the drive element and output element spring bearings, a two-line contact between the spring and the one of the drive element and output element spring bearings being formed due to the different radii of curvatures R1 and R2.
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