US5450825A
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Method for activating a device for the relative rotation of a shaft and device for the relative rotation of the shaft of an internal combustion engine
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1993-10-22
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Granted: 1995-09-19
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Expires: 2013-10-22
Abstract
Abstract The device for the relative rotation of the shaft of an internal combustion engine with respect to the drive wheel, which is rotatably arranged on the shaft, has a hydrostatic pump whose housing is torsionally securely connected to the camshaft. Within the drive wheel and the pump, there is an electromagnetically actuable control valve which controls the pressure medium connections between the pumps and the setting device (rotary piston control), i.e. it subject the pressure spaces to pressure or relieves them, so that the camshaft is correspondingly rotated relative to the drive wheel. The electromagnet of the control valve is actuated by means of a control unit influenced by sensors. The pressure medium supply to the setting device takes place via a hole in the camshaft. A very compact adjusting device for the camshaft is achieved in this way.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerhard Geyer
- 👤 Johann Mendle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 16:15
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01L; F01L1/00; F01L1/34; F01L1/344; F01L1/3442; F01L2001/34423; F01L2001/34426; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/21; Y10T74/2101; Y10T74/2102
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
160 words
A device for relative rotation of a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine relative to a drive wheel rotatably arranged on the shaft, the device comprising a hydrostatic pump driven by the drive wheel and supplied with pressure medium from a low pressure circuit of an internal combustion engine; a control valve; a setting element to which said hydrostatic pump supplies the pressure medium via said control valve and which effects a rotation of said shaft and has at least two pressure spaces acting opposite on said setting element when subjected to pressure, said setting element being located within said drive wheel of said shaft and formed as a rotary piston actuator with a hub arranged so that it is fixed on and rotates with a central housing located in a middle of said control valve, a rotor of said hydraulic pump being arranged on a same axis as the rotary piston actuator and being driven by the shaft.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
160 words
A device for relative rotation of a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine relative to a drive wheel rotatably arranged on the shaft, the device comprising a hydrostatic pump driven by the drive wheel and supplied with pressure medium from a low pressure circuit of an internal combustion engine; a control valve; a setting element to which said hydrostatic pump supplies the pressure medium via said control valve and which effects a rotation of said shaft and has at least two pressure spaces acting opposite on said setting element when subjected to pressure, said setting element being located within said drive wheel of said shaft and formed as a rotary piston actuator with a hub arranged so that it is fixed on and rotates with a central housing located in a middle of said control valve, a rotor of said hydraulic pump being arranged on a same axis as the rotary piston actuator and being driven by the shaft.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A device as defined in claim 1, wherein said hydraulic pump is formed as a radial piston pump.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A device as defined in claim 2, wherein said radial piston pump is formed as a ball piston pump.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device as defined in claim 1, wherein said pump has a housing which is torsionally secured to said shaft.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
A device as defined in claim 1, wherein said control valve is formed as an electromagnetically actuatable valve having an electromagnet activatable by an electronic device influenced by sensors and acting on a control spool arranged so that it is slidable in a spool valve bore of a valve housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A device as defined in claim 5, wherein said electromagnetically actuatable control valve is a pulsed control valve.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device as defined in claim 1, wherein said control valve is a 4/2-way valve.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
55 words
A device as defined in claim 7, wherein said setting element includes the rotary piston actuator with at least two vanes acted upon by the pressure spaces, said pressure spaces being arranged so that they are subjectable to pressure or relievable via passages formed in said setting element, in a valve housing and said pump.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device as defined in claim 1, wherein said pump is formed as a radial piston pump with at least two pump working spaces acting with offset phases.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device as defined in claim 9, wherein said radial piston pump has four pump working spaces offset by 90° relative to one another.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A device as defined in claim 9, wherein said radial piston pump is a two-row pump.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device as defined in claim 1, wherein said control valve and said pump are arranged so that inlet and outlet control of said pump is performed by activation of said control valve matched in phase to suction and delivery cycles.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
A device as defined in claim 1, wherein a cam ring has an elliptical cam curve.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
A device as defined in claim 1, wherein said pump has pump pistons and further comprising a cam ring cooperating with said pump pistons and having a cam curve which extends as a circular track which is eccentric to an axis of said shaft.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
38 words
A device as defined in claim 1, and further comprising a sleeve arranged between a pump housing and a valve housing and provided with supply and drain openings for said pump which are connected to said control valve.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
102 words
A method of activating a device for relative rotation of a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine relative to a drive wheel rotatably arranged on the shaft, and having a setting element with at least two pressure spaces oppositely acting on the setting element when subject to pressure, and also having a pump, the method comprising the steps of connecting the pump to the setting element via a control valve, said connecting including connecting the pump via the control valve with one of the pressure spaces of the setting element respectively as a function of a working phase of the pump.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
102 words
A method of activating a device for relative rotation of a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine relative to a drive wheel rotatably arranged on the shaft, and having a setting element with at least two pressure spaces oppositely acting on the setting element when subject to pressure, and also having a pump, the method comprising the steps of connecting the pump to the setting element via a control valve, said connecting including connecting the pump via the control valve with one of the pressure spaces of the setting element respectively as a function of a working phase of the pump.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method as defined in claim 16, said connecting includes connecting the pump via the control valve with one of the pressure spaces of the setting element respectively as a function of a suction phase of the pump.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method as defined in claim 16, said connecting includes connecting the pump via the control valve with one of the pressure spaces of the setting element respectively as a function of a pressure phase of the pump.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
69 words
A method as defined in claim 16, wherein said connecting includes connecting the pressure spaces via the control valve to the pump for a setting motion of the setting element in such a way that at least one pressure space is connected with the pump during a suction phase of the pump and the other pressure space is connected with the pump during a pressure phase of the pump.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as defined in claim 16, and further comprising the step of interrupting a connection between the pump and the setting element via the control valve in a non-transient position of the setting element.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as defined in claim 20, and further comprising setting the non-transient position of the setting element by cyclically pulsed, opposite action of the pressure spaces.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method as defined in claim 16, and further comprising the step of composing the pump of at least two individual pumps operating off set in phase, said connecting includes connecting the individual pumps to different pressure spaces in one switching position of the control valve.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
95 words
A method as defined in claim 16, and further comprising the step of composing the pump of at least three individual pumps operating off set in phase and connected to form two sum pumps, said connecting including connecting the pressure spaces to the pump by means of a control valve for adjusting the setting element in such a way that at least one pressure space connected to the sum pump is in a suction phase whereas at least one other pressure space is connected to the other sum pump which is in a pressure phase.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method as defined in claim 16, wherein the setting element includes at least four pressure spaces, said connecting including connecting said four pressure spaces respectively to the control valve in such a way that when acted on by pressure, two groups of pressure spaces appear with a common direction of acting on the setting element.
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