BEARING ASSEMBLY IN AN ENGINE HOUSING OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE

摘要

An engine housing of an internal combustion engine has at least one bore and a bearing assembly mounted in the bore for rotatably supporting a camshaft via first and second rolling-element bearings that each have an outer ring. A slot-shaped gap extends from the bore through at least a part of the engine housing up to a point at the surface of the engine housing, at least one screw bore is disposed in a first portion of the engine housing on a first side of the slot-shaped gap, a threaded bore is disposed in a second portion of the engine housing on a second side of the slot-shaped gap, and a screw extends through the screw bore, across the slot-shaped gap and into the threaded bore and is configured to pull together the first portion and the second portion to clamp the outer ring.

主权项

1. An engine housing of an internal combustion engine having at least one bore and a bearing assembly mounted in the at least one bore for rotatably supporting a camshaft such that the camshaft is supported at at least two points axially spaced from one another by first and second rolling-element bearings, each of the first and second rolling-element bearings having an outer ring in the at least one bore,
wherein, a slot-shaped gap extends from a circumferential point of the at least one bore through at least a part of the engine housing up to a surface of the engine housing, wherein at least one screw bore is disposed in a first portion of the engine housing on a first side of the slot-shaped gap, the screw bore extending to the slot-shaped gap, wherein a threaded bore is disposed in a second portion of the engine housing on a second side of the slot-shaped gap, and wherein a threaded fastener extends through the screw bore, across the slot-shaped gap and into the threaded bore and is configured to pull together the first portion of the engine housing and the second portion of the engine housing to clamp the outer ring of at least one of the first and second rolling-element bearings in the at least one bore.