Patent ID: 6343580
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine comprised of an engine body providing a number of axially spaced bearing sections, a plurality of axially spaced bearing caps fixed to said engine body and cooperating with said bearing sections for journalling axially spaced bearing surfaces of a camshaft, a variable valve timing mechanism associated with one end of said camshaft for driving said camshaft in an adjustable, timed fashion from an engine crankshaft, one of said journalled camshaft bearing surfaces being juxtaposed to said variable valve timing mechanism, a timing member formed on said camshaft on the side of said one of said journalled camshaft bearing surfaces opposite to said variable valve timing mechanism, and a timing sensor cooperating with said timing member for providing a signal indicative of camshaft angle, said timing sensor being carried by the bearing cap journalling said one of said journalled camshaft bearing surfaces.