Steering rod for connecting an actuator to a turbocharger drive member, comprising an elongated main body (2), which extends between a first end (5) equipped with a first through-hole (7), and a second end (6) equipped with a second through-hole (8), and two bushings (3), (4) immovably mounted in the through-holes (7), (8), wherein the bushings (3), (4) are made of a material which has a greater resistance to mechanical wear than the material delimiting the through-holes (7), (8), and wherein each bushing (3) (4) has an outer surface that is in contact with an inner part of the through-hole (7), (8) and has a radial recess (9), the second material tightening the bushing (3), (4) preventing it from rotating and filling the recess (9) preventing the bushing (3), (4) from being extracted from the second through-hole (7), (8).

Steering rod for connecting an actuator to a turbocharger drive member, comprising an elongated main body (2), which extends between a first end (5) equipped with a first through-hole (7), and a second end (6) equipped with a second through-hole (8), and two bushings (3), (4) immovably mounted in the through-holes (7), (8), wherein the bushings (3), (4) are made of a material which has a greater resistance to mechanical wear than the material delimiting the through-holes (7), (8), and wherein each bushing (3) (4) has an outer surface that is in contact with an inner part of the through-hole (7), (8) and has a radial recess (9), the second material tightening the bushing (3), (4) preventing it from rotating and filling the recess (9) preventing the bushing (3), (4) from being extracted from the second through-hole (7), (8).

The invention relates to a longitudinally adjustable connecting rod (7) for a reciprocating piston engine, in particular a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, a reciprocating piston engine, and a vehicle comprising a reciprocating piston engine. The longitudinally adjustable connecting rod (7) comprises a longitudinal adjusting mechanism (8) for adjusting an effective length (L) of the connecting rod, a hydraulically actuated control device (12), switchable at least between two control modes, for controlling the longitudinal adjustment, and an electromagnetically actuated hydraulic switching valve (9) for hydraulically actuating the control device (12).

The invention relates to a longitudinally adjustable connecting rod (7) for a reciprocating piston engine, in particular a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, a reciprocating piston engine, and a vehicle comprising a reciprocating piston engine. The longitudinally adjustable connecting rod (7) comprises a longitudinal adjusting mechanism (8) for adjusting an effective length (L) of the connecting rod, a hydraulically actuated control device (12), switchable at least between two control modes, for controlling the longitudinal adjustment, and an electromagnetically actuated hydraulic switching valve (9) for hydraulically actuating the control device (12).

Provided is an engine, including: a cylinder; a piston accommodated in the cylinder; a combustion chamber facing the piston; a sliding portion (large-diameter portion) configured to perform a stroke motion together with the piston; a hydraulic surface of the sliding portion facing a side opposite to the combustion chamber; a hydraulic chamber, which the hydraulic surface faces; and an auxiliary hydraulic chamber, which communicates with the hydraulic chamber, and has a volume changeable in accordance with a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber.

Steering rod for connecting an actuator to a turbocharger drive member, comprising an elongated main body (2), which extends between a first end (5) equipped with a first through-hole (7), and a second end (6) equipped with a second through-hole (8), and two bushings (3), (4) immovably mounted in the through-holes (7), (8), wherein the bushings (3), (4) are made of a material which has a greater resistance to mechanical wear than the material delimiting the through-holes (7), (8), and wherein each bushing (3) (4) has an outer surface that is in contact with an inner part of the through-hole (7), (8) and has a radial recess (9), the second material tightening the bushing (3), (4) preventing it from rotating and filling the recess (9) preventing the bushing (3), (4) from being extracted from the second through-hole (7), (8).

Steering rod for connecting an actuator to a turbocharger drive member, comprising an elongated main body (2), which extends between a first end (5) equipped with a first through-hole (7), and a second end (6) equipped with a second through-hole (8), and two bushings (3), (4) immovably mounted in the through-holes (7), (8), wherein the bushings (3), (4) are made of a material which has a greater resistance to mechanical wear than the material delimiting the through-holes (7), (8), and wherein each bushing (3) (4) has an outer surface that is in contact with an inner part of the through-hole (7), (8) and has a radial recess (9), the second material tightening the bushing (3), (4) preventing it from rotating and filling the recess (9) preventing the bushing (3), (4) from being extracted from the second through-hole (7), (8).

A crankshaft and conrod assembly (100) comprising a crankshaft (110) and a conrod (150), wherein the crankshaft (110) comprises at least one main journal (111) and one crankpin journal (112), where the crankshaft (110) is provided with an oil supply structure for supplying the crankpin journal (112) with lubrication oil and the conrod (150) with an oil pressure, wherein the oil supply structure comprises: an oil supply conduit (113) provided between the main journal and the crankpin journal (112), at least a first and a second oil supply opening (114, 115) provided at the crankpin journal (112), and a connection point (116) where the oil supply conduit (113) connects to the first and second oil supply opening (114, 115).

A length-adjustable connecting rod for a reciprocating piston machine, which may be a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, is disclosed as well as a reciprocating piston machine and a vehicle. The connecting rod comprises a hydraulic length-adjusting device for adjusting an effective connecting rod length and a control device that can switch between two switching states, for controlling the length-adjusting device. The length-adjusting device comprises a hydraulic cylinder with a piston and a first hydraulic working chamber and a second hydraulic working chamber, the control device comprising a first valve and a second valve, the first valve of the control device being connected to the first hydraulic working chamber of the length-adjusting device in a fluid-communicating manner, and the second valve to the second hydraulic working chamber, the first valve and the second valve each being actuatable by means of a hydraulically actuatable adjusting piston that can axially move along an adjusting axis, the adjusting axis of the first valve being different from the adjusting axis of the second valve.

A length-adjustable connecting rod for a reciprocating piston machine, which may be a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, is disclosed as well as a reciprocating piston machine and a vehicle. The connecting rod comprises a hydraulic length-adjusting device for adjusting an effective connecting rod length and a control device that can switch between two switching states, for controlling the length-adjusting device. The length-adjusting device comprises a hydraulic cylinder with a piston and a first hydraulic working chamber and a second hydraulic working chamber, the control device comprising a first valve and a second valve, the first valve of the control device being connected to the first hydraulic working chamber of the length-adjusting device in a fluid-communicating manner, and the second valve to the second hydraulic working chamber, the first valve and the second valve each being actuatable by means of a hydraulically actuatable adjusting piston that can axially move along an adjusting axis, the adjusting axis of the first valve being different from the adjusting axis of the second valve.