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Method of manufacturing a multi-component camshaft

US6182362A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1999
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49995
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is described for manufacturing a multi-component camshaft assembly having an internal mechanism for enabling relative angular movement of individual cams of the assembly. In the invention, the cam surfaces are machined after the individual components of the camshaft assembly have been assembled to one another.

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