Patent ID: 6182627
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine, comprising:a housing including a plurality of bearing supports, each said bearing support having a substantially cylindrical interior bearing surface; anda segmented camshaft assembly including at least two camshafts axially adjacent to each other to define at least one adjacent pair of said camshafts, each said camshaft being rotatably carried by said housing and including a plurality of cam lobes, said camshaft assembly including at least one connector assembly, each said connector assembly connecting an adjacent said pair of camshafts together, each said connector assembly having an exterior bearing surface disposed within and rotatably carried by a corresponding said interior bearing surface in said housing, each said connector assembly including a first flange on one of said adjacent pair of camshafts and a second flange on an other of said adjacent pair of camshafts, said first flange including an axially extending recess and said second flange being disposed in said recess.