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Device for the relative rotation of two shafts geared together,in particular a crankshaft and a camshaft borne in a machine sump

EP 0245791 B1 · Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

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  • Filed May 8, 1987 and granted October 31, 1990. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 8, 2007.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by November 8, 2012.
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FiledMay 8, 1987
PublishedNovember 19, 1987
GrantedOctober 31, 1990
Term endedMay 8, 2007
Application numberEP 87106679
Classification (CPC)F16D3/10 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMay 8, 1987PublishedNov 19, 1987Patent grantedOct 31, 1990Term endedMay 8, 2007

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