INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE INCLUDING A CYLINDER CRANKCASE AND A CYLINDER HEAD WITH AN INTEGRATED HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE FAN ATTACHMENT FOR ELASTIC V-RIBBED BELTS

Abstract

An internal combustion engine including a cylinder crankcase and a cylinder head with an integrated height-adjustable fan attachment for elastic V-ribbed belts. 2. An internal combustion engine including a crankcase (1), at least one device for driving a fan, in particular of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, is described. The internal combustion engine includes a fan bracket (3) and a bearing device (5) via which the fan is displaceably situated relative to the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine of the drive unit; and a belt drive via which the fan is drivable, including a first belt pulley and a second belt pulley which are in drive connection via a belt (8), the first belt pulley being situated on the bearing device (5).

Claims

1-10. (canceled)

11: An internal combustion engine comprising: a crankcase; a cylinder head; a fan bracket connected to the crankcase and/or cylinder head; a fan bearing via which a fan is displaceably situated relative to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine; and a belt drive via which the fan is drivable, including a first belt pulley and a second belt pulley which are in drive connection via a belt, the first belt pulley being situated on the fan bearing.

12: The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the belt is a V-ribbed belt.

13: The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the fan bracket is integrated into the crankcase.

14: The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the fan bracket is integrated into the cylinder head.

15: The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the fan bearing is integrated into two interior guide grooves of the fan bracket.

16: The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the fan bracket includes a screw hole.

17: The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the fan bearing is integrated into two interior guide grooves of the fan bracket, and is situated within the predefined screw hole so as to be adjustable in height.

18: The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the fan bracket includes an installation/clamping tool for displacing the fan bearing relative to the crankcase.

19: The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the installation/clamping tool is removable.

20: A method for operating the internal combustion engine as recited in claim 11, comprising: operating the internal combustion engine.

21: An internal combustion engine comprising: a crankcase; a cylinder head; a fan bracket connected to the crankcase and/or cylinder head; a belt drive via which a fan is drivable, including a first belt pulley and a second belt pulley which are in drive connection via a belt; and a fan bearing supporting the first belt pulley, the fan bearing being slidable along the fan bracket to adjust a height of the fan relative to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] FIG. 1 shows an internal combustion engine including fan attachments such as a fan, belt pulley, and fan bearing;

[0012] FIG. 2 shows the front side of the internal combustion engine from FIG. 1 with a view of the fan;

[0013] FIG. 3 shows the internal combustion engine without fan attachments and with the fan bearing uninstalled; and

[0014] FIG. 4 shows a top view onto the front side of the internal combustion engine, including the fan bearing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate an internal combustion engine including fan attachments such as a fan, belt pulleys 12, 13, and a fan bearing 5, which observably reduces the installation length of the engine. This is achieved by integrating height-adjustable fan bracket 3 into cylinder crankcase 1 and cylinder head 2. The fan attachments including the fan, belt pulleys 12, 13, and fan bearing 4 are then fastened directly to cylinder crankcase 1 and/or cylinder head 2. Fan bearing 5 extends in two interior guide grooves 6 in the manner of a T-slotted nut or a T-shaped sliding block (also referred to as a slot nut); one threaded hole, or in the present case four threaded holes, is/are situated in fan bearing 5 for accommodating screws 10. Such a slot nut is used, for example, to connect a machine bench and a workpiece in a machine tool. The slot nut is axially displaceably situated in a T-groove of the bench, or in the present case in guide groove 6, which is situated in cylinder crankcase 1 and/or in cylinder head 2. The slot nut provides a screw-on point for the workpiece with the aid of a corresponding specialized screw, and its height within a predefined screw hole 7 may be adjusted. The pretensioning of an elastic V-ribbed belt 8 is achieved by bringing the fan attachments, including the fan, belt pulleys, and fan bearing 4, into the desired position using an installation/clamping tool 9, and subsequently screwing them to cylinder crankcase 1 and/or to cylinder head 2 with the aid of screws 10. Installation/clamping tool 9, which is made up of a thrust bearing that may be screwed to cylinder head 2 above guide groove 6 and includes a guide hole for accommodating a toothed rack that is screwed into a thread in slot nut 11, is removably situated. A nut via which toothed rack may adjust the height of fan bearing 5 is situated at the thrust bearing, on the toothed rack. Installation/clamping tool 9 may be removed after fan bearing 5 has been fixed in its working position with the aid of screws 10.

[0016] Alternatively, it is provided that the four through holes for accommodating screws 10 include threads at slot nut 11, so that slot nut 11 may be braced against guide grooves 6 with the aid of screws 10, so that fan bearing 5 may be situated so that it is adjustable in height.

[0017] FIG. 3 illustrates the internal combustion engine from FIGS. 1 and 2, with fan bearing 5 uninstalled. The rear side of fan bearing 5 is designed as a slot nut 11. With the aid of this slot nut 11, the fan bearing is guided into guide grooves 6 of cylinder head 2 and cylinder crankcase 1 and fixed in the work position via screws 10 in the threads of screw hole 7.

[0018] FIG. 4 shows a top view onto the front side of the internal combustion engine, including fan bearing 5. The arrangement of slot nut 11 of fan bearing 5 in guide grooves 6, which are incorporated into cylinder head 2 and cylinder crankcase 1, is apparent here.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0019] 1 cylinder crankcase [0020] 2 cylinder head [0021] 3 fan bracket [0022] 4 fan bearing [0023] 5 fan bearing [0024] 6 guide grooves [0025] 7 predefined screw hole [0026] 8 V-ribbed belt [0027] 9 installation/clamping tool [0028] 10 screws [0029] 11 T-slot nut [0030] belt pulleys 12, 13