US 12,442,413 B2
Zero endplay crankshaft
Gregory A. Weber, Greensburg, IN (US); Mark G. Luehrmann, Hope, IN (US); and Parker Emory Harwood, Columbus, IN (US)
Assigned to Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed by Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/104,415.
Application 18/104,415 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/048810, filed on Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/073,488, filed on Sep. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175548 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. F16C 27/02 (2006.01); F02B 77/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 27/02 (2013.01) [F02B 77/00 (2013.01); F16C 2240/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, the apparatus comprising:
a bearing configured to receive the crankshaft;
a biasing member positioned between the crankshaft and the bearing, wherein an axis of the biasing member is aligned with an axis of the bearing, the biasing member biases the bearing towards a cylinder block in an axial direction relative to the crankshaft to reduce an endplay of the crankshaft while the crankshaft is operational.