Patent ID: 7047923
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: F01L,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for varying valve timing in an internal combustion engine, said device comprising an adjusting mechanism for varying an angle of rotation between a drive pinion and a camshaft end portion, said adjusting mechanism being configured as an eccentric axial transmission comprising an adjusting element, said adjusting element being connected rotationally fast to the drive pinion and comprising a first front-end gearing, said adjusting mechanism further comprising a disk comprising a second front-end gearing in a radially outer region, an adjusting movement being imparted to the second front-end gearing by an adjusting thrust plate, said first and second front-end gearings differing from each other by at least one tooth, wherein the disk is connected rotationally fast to the camshaft end portion and is configured in axial direction of the camshaft end portion as a flexible element, and the an adjusting thrust plate deforms the disk in axial direction.