Patent ID: 9695745
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: F02B,F16C,F16J

Claim:
1. A connecting rod, comprising: a pin bearing eye for connecting to a crankshaft and a connecting rod bearing eye for connecting to a piston of a cylinder, and an eccentric adjusting device for adjusting an effective connecting rod length, the eccentric adjusting device having eccentric rods that act on an eccentric lever of the eccentric adjusting device, the eccentric adjusting device having an eccentric that is guided in a bore or recess of the eccentric lever and that has a bore or recess for receiving a gudgeon pin, lubricating oil bores made in the connecting rod bearing eye and in the eccentric and extending in a radial direction of the eccentric and the connecting rod bearing eye, the lubricating oil bores enabling a lubricating oil film to be built up between the connecting rod bearing eye and the eccentric and between the eccentric and the gudgeon pin, each lubricating oil bore of the eccentric having a diameter D that is sufficiently greater than a diameter d of each lubricating oil bore of the connecting rod bearing eye so that 2d≧D>d.