Patent ID: 8978606
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: F01L,F02D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A device for variably adjusting control times of gas-exchange valves of an internal combustion engine comprising: a drive element, a driven element, and at least one side cover, wherein the drive element can be brought into driven connection with a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, wherein the driven element can be brought into driving connection with a camshaft of the internal combustion engine and is arranged pivotable relative to the drive element, wherein the side cover is arranged on an axial side surface of the driven element or of the drive element and is locked in rotation with the drive element or the driven element, a spring element is arranged on a side of the side cover facing away from the drive element and the driven element, and the side cover has a disk-shaped section from which multiple fastening elements project in an axial direction, with the fastening elements being arranged on the side of the side cover facing away from the drive element, a separate spacing element is arranged between the spring element and the disk-shaped section of the side cover, the spacing element prevents an insertion of the spring element into a region between the fastening elements, and a releasable fastening of the spacing element on the side cover is realized by a clamp connection resulting from radial elastic deformation of the spacing element between at least two of the fastening elements.