Laminar cam arrangement

US5836215A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Alfred Beier · Braunschweig, DE
• Dietrich Distler · Wolfsburg, DE
• Helmut Wittke · Didderse, DE
• Christian Nesselrath · Rotenburg (Wümme), DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 1994
• Grant date: Nov 17, 1998
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2101
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A laminar cam for the control of gas-exchange valves of an internal combustion engine is made of a plurality of punched-out layers of flat stock assembled in adjacent and aligned relation and joined together by a pin and by laser welds.