| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080210183 | Adjusting device for an internal combustion engine, in particular camshaft adjusting device - In an adjusting device for an internal combustion engine, in particular a camshaft adjusting device, an adjusting unit is provided which comprises at least one currentless sensor unit for carrying out in at least one mode an adjustment as a function of a momentary phase angle between cooperating relatively rotatable members. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080283027 | Internal combustion engine having a variable compression ratio - In an internal combustion engine including cylinders arranged in a housing, a crankshaft, pistons disposed in the cylinders so as to be movable by the crankshaft, and a device for varying a compression ratio of the internal combustion engine wherein the device, for varying the compression ratio, includes an adjusting structure which varies the effective length of a connecting rod of the piston, the lift of the crankshaft or the position of the cylinder with respect to the center of the crankshaft, an operating structure is provided by rotation of which the position of the adjusting structure can be controlled, and a drive device for controlling the operating structures contains a coupling mechanism with an integrated brake function, whereby h the adjusting structure can either be placed in operative connection with the crankshaft or can be blocked. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090095242 | Stroke-transmitting device - In a stroke-transmitting device for a variable transmission of an operating stroke to a member to be actuated, specifically a gas exchange valve for an internal combustion engine, including a control unit with first and second control structures, a control cam coupling the first and second control structures and having different control regions which are displaceable for an adjustment of the stroke of the member to be actuated with at least first and second degrees of freedom for controlling the stroke transmitted to the member to be actuated. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100180843 | Internal Combustion engine valve drive train switching arrangement - In an internal combustion engine valve drive train switching arrangement with a switching unit, the switching unit has at least one actuating unit with at least two switching members and at least one switching device for actuating the two switching members independently in an at least partial chronological offset, so as to perform a first switching process based on a first signal and then a second switching process, independently of an electronic evaluation. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100180850 | Actuating device - In an actuating device with at least one electrical or electromagnetic actuation unit, at least two activation sequences performed by different actuation elements of the actuation unit are associated with at least two different electrical and/or electromagnetic states of the actuation unit via electric coil units energized by current flowing in different flow directions. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100199934 | Internal combustion engine valve drive train switching arrangement - In an internal combustion engine valve drive train switching arrangement with a switching unit, the switching unit includes at least two control structure arranged at adjacent ends of at least two switching devices of the actuating units and an actuating unit cooperating with at least one control track formed by the switching devices of the actuating unit. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100199945 | Internal combustion engine valve drive train switching device - In an internal combustion engine valve drive train switching device, at least one safety device is provided for preventing an unscheduled switching of a valve train switching unit. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100236505 | Valve operating device - In a valve operating device for an internal combustion engine with at least one actuating device which is provided to adjust an axially displaceable cam element by means of at least one slotted guide track, the valve operating device comprises a safety unit for moving the axially displaceable cam element in at least one operating mode into a defined basic safety position. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100236506 | Internal combustion engine valve drive train shifting device - In an internal combustion engine valve drive train shifting device including a camshaft having at least two shifting units arranged on the camshaft in spaced relationship, at least one coupling unit is provided interconnecting the at least two shifting units for shifting purposes. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100237264 | Valve operating mechanism - In a valve operating mechanism of an internal combustion engine, with an actuation device including at least two shifting elements which are driven by actuators for engaging a shifting gate of a cam control element, a safety device is provided to prevent the shifting elements from being deployed simultaneously. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100242873 | Valve drive arrangement - In a valve drive arrangement for an internal combustion engine, with a camshaft including at least one cam element which is axially movable by means of a switching gate structure for adjusting the valve drive, and a sensor unit for determining an axial control position of the cam element, the sensor unit has at least a first sensor element coupled to an axial movement of the cam element whose operation position can be determined by a corresponding sensor element. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100242884 | Valve drive arrangement - In a valve drive device, especially for an internal combustion engine including a camshaft with a cam element which is axially movably supported on the camshaft but in a rotationally fixed manner, the cam element includes a gate structure and an actuation device is provided with at least one shift element for engagement with the gate arrangement for axially displacing the cam element and the shift element has a rotationally asymmetrical basic shape in order to follow the gate structure when placed in engagement therewith. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100288217 | Valve drive train arrangement - In a valve drive train arrangement for an internal combustion engine having a camshaft with a cam element axially displaceable supported on the camshaft and having a stop for limiting the axial movement of the cam element, the stop has at least one stop element extending radially from the camshaft for engagement with the cam element. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100288218 | Valve drive device - In a valve drive arrangement for an internal combustion engine including a camshaft carrying axially movable cam elements provided with cams for operating gas exchange valves of the internal combustion engine and an actuation device having at least one shift element which is provided to shift cam element by means of a shifting gate between opposite axial positions, the valve drive arrangement has a change-over device for changing the axial shift direction of the shift element from one to the opposite axial position. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110079188 | Valve drive train device - In a valve drive train device, particularly of an internal combustion engine, having an actuating device provided to displace at least one first axially displaceable cam element using a shifting gate, the actuating device is designed for switching the axially displaceable first cam element into the various switching positions. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110079190 | Camshaft unit - In a camshaft unit, particularly of an internal combustion engine, comprising a camshaft connected to a drive unit to be driven thereby, a phase displacement unit including an actuating gear and a control unit with a rotor and a stator unit in the form of a brake element for adjusting a phase relation between the drive unit and the camshaft, and a bearing device for supporting part of the control unit, the bearing device is designed to accommodate radial tolerances between the stator element and the rotor element. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110079191 | Valve drive train device - In a valve train device, particularly of an internal combustion engine, which device has an actuating device for displacing at least one axially displaceable cam element and a gear shifting gate for axially displacing the cam element and furthermore at least one switch unit with a switch element and an actuator for operating the switch element so as to engage the gear shifting gate at least in one switching position and to move the switch element into a desired switching position, the gear shifting gate has at least one intermediate segment for terminating a switching action. | 04-07-2011 |