Patent ID: 7217035

Claim:
A method of producing a connecting rod/bearing combination having a bearing for a small connecting rod eye of a connecting rod, which serves to accommodate a piston pin mounting a piston, wherein the connecting rod/bearing combination is post-machined in the area of the small connecting rod in such a way that material is removed of a mass which corresponds to the difference between the oscillating mass of the connecting rod/piston combination and a predetermined oscillating mass, wherein the material is removed in such a way that: the small connecting rod eye of the connecting rod is provided wit a bearing selected from a group consisting of a bushing and a plain bearing layer to form a connecting rod/bearing combination, and this connecting rod/bearing combination is put together with a piston and a piston pin to form a connecting rod/bearing/piston combination, and it is then determined how much material mass needs to be removed from the connecting rod/bearing/piston combination to achieve a predetermined connecting rod/bearing/piston combination of given mass and mass distribution, and then the connecting rod/bearing combination is post-machined in the area of the small connecting rod eye in such a manner that material is removed to the extend of the determined mass.