Patent ID: 7303499

Claim:
Adjusting device for adjusting two parts relative to one another, other than for a device for adjusting the valve timing of a camshaft, and the adjusting device further comprises an input shaft ( 4 ), an eccentric drive element ( 4 . 2 , 6 ) that can be driven by the input shaft, a first part ( 2 ) with webs ( 2 . 3 , 22 . 3 ), which are spaced apart in a peripheral direction and between which chambers ( 2 . 4 ) are formed, a second part ( 3 ) with internal gearing ( 3 . 2 , 13 . 2 ), and several teeth ( 7 , 27 ), which are arranged in the chambers ( 2 . 4 ) spaced apart from each other in the peripheral direction, each having an inner contact surface ( 7 . 4 ) for contact with a drive element ( 6 ) and an outer contact surface ( 7 . 5 ) for engagement in the internal gearing ( 3 . 2 , 13 . 2 ) and which are adjustable in a radial direction when the input shaft ( 4 ) rotates, wherein when the input shaft ( 4 ) rotates, the parts ( 2 , 3 ) can rotate relative to each other in a self-locking manner under engagement of the teeth ( 7 , 27 ) in the webs ( 22 . 3 ) and in the internal gearing ( 3 . 2 ), wherein when the input shaft ( 4 ) rotates, the teeth ( 7 , 27 ) in the chambers ( 2 . 4 ) can execute rotational movements about rotational axes parallel to a rotational axis (A) of the parts ( 2 , 3 ).