Internal combustion engine with a camshaft bearing device

US8166940B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Grass · Stuttgart, DE
• Stefan Ruppel · Leimen, DE
• Falk Schneider · Neuerburg, DE
• Markus Walch · Bretten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2008
• Grant date: May 1, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01L2001/0476
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A bearing device for supporting a camshaft in a cylinder head is disclosed. The bearing device comprising at least one locking contour, which is connected with at least one counter-locking contour configured at a cylinder head cover, such that the cylinder head cover is clamped tightly against the cylinder head by the bearing device.