Sliding cam system for an internal combustion engine, comprising an integrated locking element
US12196112B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignees
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01L2013/0052
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention concerns a sliding cam system for an internal combustion engine having at least one camshaft, an adjustment element and at least one actuator. The camshaft comprises a carrier shaft with a primary sliding cam element and at least one secondary sliding cam element. Each of the cam elements are arranged so as to be displaceable axially relative to the carrier shaft. Each of the cam elements comprises a shift gate with at least one shift groove. The actuator has at least one actuator pin which engages in the shift groove of the shift gate of the primary sliding cam element according to the necessary switch position of the camshaft. The adjustment element is arranged parallel to a longitudinal axis of the carrier shaft and is axially displaceable in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the carrier shaft and has at least two coupling pins.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.