Patent ID: 7047610

Claim:
A device for holding a rotatable timing element of an internal combustion engine stationary against rotation relative to a fixed part of the engine, the device comprising: a first clamping element having a tubular member projecting from a body portion, the tubular member having an externally threaded portion; a second clamping element having an opening positioned on the first clamping element with the tubular member extending through the opening in the second clamping element; an engagement member threadedly engaging the externally threaded portion of the tubular member whereby the engagement member may be rotated in one direction on the tubular member to move the second clamping member on the tubular member towards the body portion of the first clamping member to clamp a timing element therebetween; and a third element extending through the tubular member, adapted for axial movement into engagement with the fixed part of an engine.