Balances running on gears for a motor vehicle engine
A mechanical mechanism is described which consists of: a crankshaft having first and second opposite end portions mounted for rotation about an axis, and having a third portion offset from the axis; a first gear having teeth formed on the external circumferential periphery thereof, the gear mounted so that it is stationary with respect to the crankshaft; a second gear having teeth extending inwardly from an internal peripheral portion thereof; balancing means comprising the second gear, another body, and a collar interconnecting the body and the second gear; the third portion of the crankshaft received within the collar and rotatable with respect to the collar; and the first and second gears intermeshing as the second gear revolves around the crankshaft axis.
- Assignee:
- NOV; NOV-85-012873; EDB-86-118332
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4576060
- OSTI ID:
- 5543056
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 1 Oct 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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