Patent ID: 9708940
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: F01L,F02B,F02F

Claim:
1. An internal combustion engine having a crankshaft rotatable about a crankshaft axis and a camshaft rotatable by said crankshaft about a camshaft axis, said internal combustion engine comprising: an engine cover defining an engine cover volume within said internal combustion engine; a drive member disposed within said engine cover volume which transfers rotational motion from said crankshaft to said camshaft; a camshaft phaser disposed within said engine cover volume which controllably varies the phase relationship between said crankshaft and said camshaft; an actuator which operates said camshaft phaser; and an actuator mount within said engine cover volume which mounts said actuator structurally independent of said engine cover, thereby allowing removal of said engine cover independently of said actuator; wherein said actuator is located partially within said engine cover volume; and wherein said engine cover includes an engine cover aperture extending through a wall of said engine cover such that said actuator extends through said engine cover aperture outside of said engine cover volume.