Patent ID: 7275506

Claim:
Device ( 1 ) for the variable setting of the control times of gas-exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, with a driving element ( 12 ) drive-connected to a crankshaft ( 101 ), a driven element ( 8 ) drive-connected to a camshaft ( 9 ), and an adjusting gear ( 11 ), the driving element ( 12 ) being mounted rotatably with respect to the driven element ( 8 ) on the latter or on the camshaft ( 9 ), and the relative phase position of the driven element ( 8 ) with respect to the driving element ( 12 ) being capable of being selectively varied or held by means of the adjusting gear ( 11 ), characterized in that the driving element ( 12 ) is supported in the axial direction by means of at least one rolling bearing ( 19 , 21 ).