EP2079903B1 - Actuating device for two parallel rotating camshafts - Google Patents

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EP2079903B1
EP2079903B1 EP07821522A EP07821522A EP2079903B1 EP 2079903 B1 EP2079903 B1 EP 2079903B1 EP 07821522 A EP07821522 A EP 07821522A EP 07821522 A EP07821522 A EP 07821522A EP 2079903 B1 EP2079903 B1 EP 2079903B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/02—Valve drive
    • F01L1/04—Valve drive by means of cams, camshafts, cam discs, eccentrics or the like
    • F01L1/047—Camshafts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/34—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/02—Valve drive
    • F01L1/04—Valve drive by means of cams, camshafts, cam discs, eccentrics or the like
    • F01L1/047—Camshafts
    • F01L2001/0471—Assembled camshafts
    • F01L2001/0473—Composite camshafts, e.g. with cams or cam sleeve being able to move relative to the inner camshaft or a cam adjusting rod

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  • the invention relates to an actuator for two parallel rotating camshafts.
  • Such actuators are generally known US 5,417,186 A and EP 1 614 867 A1 ,
  • the phaser is in each case at the same end of the two camshafts on which they are driven by the crankshaft.
  • the invention is concerned with the problem of providing a solution as simple as possible with a design of a generic actuator according to the characterizing features of claim 1.
  • the invention is based on the general idea to arrange the phaser so in the generic camshaft device that the usual, emanating from the crankshaft as a drive source chain drive in a structurally simple manner can be or remain as he is not adjustable by a phaser Camshafts is commonly used.
  • crankshaft 1 2 Parallel camshaft, namely a first camshaft 3 and a second camshaft 4 are driven via a chain 2 as a power transmission member.
  • Both camshafts 3, 4 each consist of concentric nested, mutually rotatable shafts, namely an outer shaft 3 'and an inner shaft 3 "in the first camshaft 3 and an outer shaft 4' and an inner shaft 4" in the second camshaft.
  • Each firmly connected to an inner and an outer shaft 3 ", 4"; 3 ', 4' are outer shaft cams 3 "', 4''' and inner shaft cam 3 IV and 4 IV .
  • the inner shafts 3 ", 4" are rotatably mounted within the outer shafts 3 ', 4'.
  • one of the camshafts 3, 4, namely the second camshaft 4, at the end thereof, is the end , on which the chain 2 engages, opposite, provided with respect to its function per se known phaser 5.
  • This phaser 5 has two mutually rotatable areas, one of which is fixedly connected to the inner shafts 3 "and 4". To achieve a synchronous drive of the inner shafts 3 ", 4" connects to the inner shaft 4 "firmly connected portion of the phaser 5, for example, as by an operation of this phase adjuster 5 relative rotation of the inner shaft 4 Chain trained power transmission element 6 with the inner shaft 3 "of the camshaft. 3
  • the camshafts 3, 4 are rotatably mounted in the engine in bearings 7.

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Abstract

The invention relates to an actuating device for two parallel rotating camshafts. The aim of the invention is to optimize the installation space required for such a device. For this purpose, both camshafts (3, 4) consist of two shafts that rotate concentrically one inside the other and that can be rotated in relation to each other. On one end of the camshafts (3, 4), one of the two shafts (3′, 3″; 4′, 4″) is driven by the crankshaft (1) via a single, directly acting force-transmitting element (2). A phase adjuster (5) is provided on the other end of the camshafts (3, 4) and allows the simultaneous adjustment of both shafts (3″, 4″; 3′, 4′) in relation to each other by means of a force-transmitting element (6) acting on the phase adjuster (5). Said force-transmitting element connects a region of a camshaft (3, 4) that is firmly connected to an inner or outer shaft (3″, 4″; 3′, 4′) to an inner or outer shaft (3″, 4″; 3′, 4′), to be adjusted accordingly, of the other camshaft (4, 3) in a force-transmitting manner.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Betätigungseinrichtung für zwei parallel drehende Nockenwellen.The invention relates to an actuator for two parallel rotating camshafts.

Solche Betätigungseinrichtungen sind generell bekannt aus US 5,417,186 A und EP 1 614 867 A1 .Such actuators are generally known US 5,417,186 A and EP 1 614 867 A1 ,

Bei diesen Betätigungseinrichtungen befindet sich der Phasensteller jeweils an dem gleichen Ende der beiden Nockenwellen, an denen diese von der Kurbelwelle angetrieben werden.In these actuators, the phaser is in each case at the same end of the two camshafts on which they are driven by the crankshaft.

Die DruckschriftThe publication US862448US862448 offenbart eine Betätigungseinrichtung, bei der sich der Phasensteller am einen Ende und der Kurbelwellenantrieb am anderen Ende der Nockenwellen befinden.discloses an actuator wherein the phaser is at one end and the crankshaft drive is at the other end of the camshafts.

In diesem Bereich eines Verbrennungsmotors können beengte Einbauverhältnisse vorliegen, durch die es schwierig sein kann, dort den gattungsgemäßen Phasensteller unterbringen zu können. Dies gilt insbesondere für Motoren, die ursprünglich für eine Nockenwellen-Betätigungseinrichtung ohne einen Phasensteller konzipiert waren und nachträglich mit einem Phasensteller und in sich verstellbaren Nockenwellen versehen werden sollen.In this area of an internal combustion engine cramped installation conditions may be present, by which it may be difficult to be able to accommodate the generic phaser there. This is especially true for engines that were originally designed for a camshaft actuator without a phaser and are to be provided later with a phaser and self-adjusting camshafts.

Die Erfindung beschäftigt sich mit dem Problem, hier eine möglichst einfach realisierbare Lösung mit einer Ausbildung einer gattungsgemäßen Betätigungseinrichtung nach den kennzeichnenden Merkmalen des Patentanspruchs 1 zu schaffen.The invention is concerned with the problem of providing a solution as simple as possible with a design of a generic actuator according to the characterizing features of claim 1.

Die Erfindung beruht dabei auf dem allgemeinen Gedanken, den Phasensteller derart in der gattungsgemäßen Nockenwellen-Einrichtung anzuordnen, dass der übliche, von der Kurbelwelle als Antriebsquelle ausgehende Kettentrieb in konstruktiv einfacher Weise so ausgebildet sein beziehungsweise bleiben kann, wie er für nicht durch einen Phasensteller verstellbare Nockenwellen üblicherweise eingesetzt wird.The invention is based on the general idea to arrange the phaser so in the generic camshaft device that the usual, emanating from the crankshaft as a drive source chain drive in a structurally simple manner can be or remain as he is not adjustable by a phaser Camshafts is commonly used.

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Angetrieben von einer lediglich durch eine strichpunktierte Linie gezeichneten Kurbelwelle 1 werden über eine Kette 2 als Kraftübertragungsglied zwei parallel zueinander angeordnete Nockenwellen, nämlich eine erste Nockenwelle 3 und eine zweite Nockenwelle 4 angetrieben.Driven by a drawn only by a dashed line crankshaft 1 2 parallel camshaft, namely a first camshaft 3 and a second camshaft 4 are driven via a chain 2 as a power transmission member.

Beide Nockenwellen 3, 4 bestehen jeweils aus konzentrisch ineinander angeordneten, gegeneinander verdrehbaren Wellen, nämlich einer Außenwelle 3' sowie einer Innenwelle 3" bei der ersten Nockenwelle 3 und aus einer Außenwelle 4' sowie einer Innenwelle 4" bei der zweiten Nockenwelle. Jeweils fest verbunden mit einer Innen- und einer Außenwelle 3" , 4" ; 3', 4' sind Außenwellen-Nocken 3"', 4''' sowie Innenwellennocken 3IV und 4IV . Both camshafts 3, 4 each consist of concentric nested, mutually rotatable shafts, namely an outer shaft 3 'and an inner shaft 3 "in the first camshaft 3 and an outer shaft 4' and an inner shaft 4" in the second camshaft. Each firmly connected to an inner and an outer shaft 3 ", 4"; 3 ', 4' are outer shaft cams 3 "', 4''' and inner shaft cam 3 IV and 4 IV .

Mit der Kette 2 als Kraftübertragungsglied werden jeweils die Außenwellen 3', 4' der Nockenwellen 3, 4 angetrieben.With the chain 2 as a power transmission member in each case the outer shafts 3 ', 4' of the camshafts 3, 4 are driven.

Die Innenwellen 3", 4" sind innerhalb der Außenwellen 3', 4' drehbar gelagert. Um die beiden Innenwellen 3" , 4" synchron gegenüber den Außenwellen 3', 4' verdrehen zu können und zwar insbesondere während des Motorbetriebes, ist an einer der Nockenwellen 3, 4, nämlich der zweiten Nockenwelle 4, an deren Ende, das dem Ende, an dem die Kette 2 angreift, gegenüberliegt, ein bezüglich seiner Funktion an sich bekannter Phasensteller 5 vorgesehen.The inner shafts 3 ", 4" are rotatably mounted within the outer shafts 3 ', 4'. In order to rotate the two inner shafts 3 ", 4" synchronously with respect to the outer shafts 3 ', 4', in particular during engine operation, one of the camshafts 3, 4, namely the second camshaft 4, at the end thereof, is the end , on which the chain 2 engages, opposite, provided with respect to its function per se known phaser 5.

Dieser Phasensteller 5 besitzt zwei gegeneinander verdrehbare Bereiche, von denen einer fest mit den Innenwellen 3" und 4" verbunden ist. Durch eine Betätigung dieses Phasenstellers 5 erfolgt eine Relativverdrehung der Innenwelle 4" gegenüber der Außenwelle 4' der Nockenwelle 4. Zur Erzielung eines synchronen Antriebes der Innenwellen 3" , 4" verbindet den mit der Innenwelle 4" fest verbundenen Bereich des Phasenstellers 5 ein beispielsweise als Kette ausgebildetes Kraftübertragungselement 6 mit der Innenwelle 3" der Nockenwelle 3.This phaser 5 has two mutually rotatable areas, one of which is fixedly connected to the inner shafts 3 "and 4". To achieve a synchronous drive of the inner shafts 3 ", 4" connects to the inner shaft 4 "firmly connected portion of the phaser 5, for example, as by an operation of this phase adjuster 5 relative rotation of the inner shaft 4 Chain trained power transmission element 6 with the inner shaft 3 "of the camshaft. 3

Die Nockenwellen 3, 4 sind in dem Motor in Lagern 7 drehbar gelagert.The camshafts 3, 4 are rotatably mounted in the engine in bearings 7.

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  1. An actuating device for two parallel rotating camshafts of an engine driven by means of a crankshaft (2), in which
    - the two camshafts (3, 4) each consist of two shafts which are arranged concentrically one inside the other and which rotate with respect to each other, namely an inner shaft and an outer shaft (3", 3'; 4", 4') with first and second cams (3"', 4"', 3IV, 4IV), of which the first cams (3"', 4"') are connected with the respective outer shaft (3', 4'), and the second cams (3IV, 4IV) are connected with the respective inner shaft (3", 4"),
    - at one end of the camshafts (3, 4), one of the two shafts, respectively, namely the outer or inner shaft (3', 3"; 4', 4") is driven by the crankshaft (1) via a single, directly acting force-transmitting element (2), and
    - at the other end of the camshafts (3, 4), at one of the two camshafts (3, 4), a phase adjuster (5) is provided by means of which a simultaneous adjustment of both shafts is possible, namely of the inner shafts with respect to the outer shafts (3", 4"; 3', 4'), by means of a force-transmitting element (6) which acts on the phase adjuster (5) and which connects a region of a camshaft (3, 4), which region is firmly connected with an inner or outer shaft (3", 4"; 3', 4'), with an inner or outer shaft (3", 4"; 3', 4'), to be adjusted accordingly, of the other camshaft (4, 3) in a force-transmitting manner.
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