Patent ID: 9267395
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: F01L

Claim Text:
1. A reciprocating piston internal combustion engine comprising at least one camshaft with at least one sliding cam element with sliding cams and sliding grooves intersecting in an X-shape, the sliding cam element includes inner teeth locked in rotation on a toothed shaft and is movable in an axial direction, a guide element is fixed between the sliding grooves, said guide element has elastically movable switch blades that are guided on a rotary joint plate mounted in an intersection area, and an actuator device with at least one actuator pin that is movable out of a housing, the actuator device is mountable on a component of a cylinder head or on the cylinder head of the reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, and, after having moved out, the actuator pin connects to the at least one sliding groove of the sliding cam element, said guide element is constructed as a C-shaped spring and fixed, at least at ends thereof, on the toothed shaft.