Camshaft adjusting system having a hydraulic camshaft adjuster and an electric camshaft adjuster

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10844754-B2
Application number	US-201916393994-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2019
Priority date	May 18, 2018
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a camshaft adjusting system for a motor vehicle, having an inner camshaft, and an outer camshaft, which is arranged coaxially with and radially outside the inner camshaft. The camshaft adjusting system further includes an input wheel, which is designed to introduce torque into the camshafts, a hydraulic camshaft adjuster, which acts on the outer camshaft to adjust the phase angle of the outer camshaft relative to the input wheel, and an electric camshaft adjuster, which acts on the inner camshaft to adjust the phase angle of the inner camshaft relative to the input wheel. The electric camshaft adjuster engages in the hydraulic camshaft adjuster at least partially in an axial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A camshaft adjusting system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
an inner camshaft;
an outer camshaft arranged coaxially with and radially outside the inner camshaft;
an input wheel configured to introduce torque into the camshafts;
a hydraulic camshaft adjuster which acts on the outer camshaft to adjust a phase angle of the outer camshaft relative to the input wheel; and
an electric camshaft adjuster which acts on the inner camshaft to adjust a phase angle of the inner camshaft relative to the input wheel, the electric camshaft adjuster comprising an electric motor having an output shaft and an output ring gear, the output shaft torque-transmittingly connected to the output ring gear, and the output ring gear connected for conjoint rotation to the inner camshaft; and
the electric camshaft adjuster engages in the hydraulic camshaft adjuster at least partially in an axial direction.

2. The camshaft adjusting system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output shaft is torque-transmittingly connected to the output ring gear by a coupling.

3. The camshaft adjusting system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output ring gear is mounted on a radial inner side of a rotor of the hydraulic camshaft adjuster, the rotor being rotatable relative to a stator of the hydraulic camshaft adjuster.

4. The camshaft adjusting system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein oil passages extending in a radial direction connect a region radially inside the inner camshaft to working chambers in the output ring gear, which are formed between the stator and the rotor.

5. The camshaft adjusting system of claim 3 , wherein the output ring gear is rotatable relative to the rotor.

6. The camshaft adjusting system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output shaft is torque-transmittingly connected to the output ring gear by a collared sleeve which is elastically deformable and fixedly attached to the input wheel.

7. The camshaft adjusting system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the coupling is designed as an Oldham coupling.

8. The camshaft adjusting system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input wheel is supported on the outer camshaft by a radial plain bearing.

9. The camshaft adjusting system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the radial plain bearing is arranged on a radial outer side of a bearing hub and fixedly connected to the outer camshaft.

10. The camshaft adjusting system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the bearing hub is attached to the outer camshaft by a press fit.

11. The camshaft adjusting system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the bearing hub is connected for conjoint rotation to a rotor of the hydraulic camshaft adjuster.

12. The camshaft adjusting system of claim 1 , wherein a rotor of the hydraulic camshaft adjuster is configured to be axially moveable with conjoint rotation relative to the outer camshaft.

13. The camshaft adjusting system of claim 12 , wherein the rotor is mounted to the outer camshaft by a sliding tooth system.

14. The camshaft adjusting system of claim 13 , wherein the rotor is formed with internal teeth and the outer camshaft is formed with external teeth that mesh with the internal teeth.

15. The camshaft adjusting system of claim 14 , further comprising a rotor hub attached to the rotor, the rotor hub formed with the internal teeth.

16. The camshaft adjusting system of claim 14 , further comprising an intermediate hub attached to the outer camshaft, the intermediate hub formed with the external teeth.

17. A camshaft adjusting system for a camshaft having an inner camshaft and an outer camshaft arranged coaxially with and radially outside the inner camshaft, the camshaft adjusting system comprising:
a hydraulic camshaft adjuster including an input wheel configured to provide torque to the inner and outer camshafts, the hydraulic camshaft adjuster configured to adjust a phase angle of the outer camshaft relative to the input wheel; and
an electric camshaft adjuster configured to adjust a phase angle of the inner camshaft; and
the electric camshaft adjuster projects into the hydraulic camshaft adjuster at least partially in an axial direction; and
a rotor of the hydraulic camshaft adjuster is configured to receive oil from the electric camshaft adjuster.

18. A camshaft adjusting system for a camshaft having an inner camshaft and an outer camshaft arranged coaxially with and radially outside the inner camshaft, the camshaft adjusting system comprising:
a hydraulic camshaft adjuster including an input wheel configured to provide torque to the inner and outer camshafts, the hydraulic camshaft adjuster configured to adjust a phase angle of the outer camshaft relative to the input wheel; and
an electric camshaft adjuster configured to adjust a phase angle of the inner camshaft; and
the electric camshaft adjuster projects into the hydraulic camshaft adjuster at least partially in an axial direction; and
a rotor of the hydraulic camshaft adjuster receives at least a portion of an output ring gear of the electric camshaft adjuster.

19. The camshaft adjusting system of claim 18 , wherein the output ring gear is configured to fluidly connect the inner camshaft to working chambers of the hydraulic camshaft adjuster.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Weber Jürgen
• Thielen Jochen
• Hildebrand Marco

Classifications

• F01L1/3442 Primary

  using hydraulic chambers with variable volume to transmit the rotating force · CPC title

• F01L2001/34469

  Lock movement parallel to camshaft axis · CPC title

• F01L2001/3521

  Harmonic drive of flexspline type · CPC title

• F16H53/04

  Adjustable cams · CPC title

• F01L1/34 Primary

  characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening {and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift} · CPC title