Patent ID: 11927118
Assignee: CUMMINS INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 6:
7. A remote mount idler gear assembly, comprising: a gear assembly including a gear; and a remote mount, the remote mount including a plurality of bores configured to receive a corresponding plurality of fasteners to mount the gear assembly to the remote mount, wherein the remote mount includes a plurality of mounting openings each extending along an axis and being configured to receive a corresponding bolt to mount the remote mount to a cylinder head such that the remote mount is mounted internal to an engine; wherein the remote mount supports the gear assembly for rotation of the gear about an axis of rotation that is parallel to an axis of a crankshaft of the engine and the remote mount mounts to an upper surface of the cylinder head such that the axes of the mounting openings extend at an angle between, but not including, 0 degrees and 180 degrees relative to the axis of rotation of the gear remote mount supports the gear assembly such that a gear of the gear assembly rotates about an axis that is parallel to an axis of a crankshaft of an engine and mounts to an upper surface of the cylinder head; and wherein the remote mount includes an inner surface into which the plurality of bores extend and includes a lower surface that engages the upper surface of the cylinder head, the inner surface being substantially perpendicular to the lower surface.