Patent ID: 8375906
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. A camshaft adjuster for a concentric camshaft assembly having inner and outer camshaft of an internal combustion engine, the camshaft adjuster comprises: a stator connected to a timing gear that is adapted to be generally axially aligned with a front end of the outer camshaft, a rotor located within the stator and adapted to be connected to the outer camshaft, the rotor including a plurality of vanes that extend into spaces created between inwardly directed projections of the stator which slidingly contact the rotor to define chambers on each side of the vanes, front and rear sidewalls connected to the stator form the front and rear walls of the chambers; and an outer cover connected to the stator via axially extending fasteners and adapted for connection to the inner camshaft to rotationally fix the stator to the inner camshaft, wherein radial loads acting on the timing gear are transmitted radially from the stator to the rotor and into the outer camshaft.