Patent ID: 6302073
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: F01L,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for adjusting the phase angle of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine comprisinga drive gear for driving a camshaft accommodated in a coaxial arrangement relative to the camshaft;a Harmonic Drive gear having a roller bearing with an elliptical inner ring, an externally toothed, flexible gear arranged on said roller bearing and a rigid, internally toothed gear engaging the externally toothed gear;an electric motor communicating with the camshaft via said Harmonic Drive gear, the electric motor being provided with a housing which is rigidly connected to the drive gear and at least partially arranged therein and with a rotor configured as a disk rotor accommodated in a slot between two housing halves of the electric motor.