Patent ID: 8667939
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: F01L,F02D,F02M,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a cam follower operable to be pivotally coupled with a valve rocker arm and having a first rotatable member operable to be engaged with a first cam lobe substantially throughout a revolution of a cam shaft and a second rotatable member operable to be disengaged from a second cam lobe throughout a portion of the revolution; and wherein the camshaft includes a first elongate portion, a second elongate portion, and a third elongate portion, the first and second elongate portions operable to be independently clocked about the camshaft with the first cam lobe coupled with the first elongate portion and the second cam lobe coupled with the second elongate portion, wherein the first cam lobe is operable to be clocked to a rotational position relative to the second cam lobe by virtue of the relative orientation of the first and second elongate portions, the camshaft further including three phasers, each capable of moving one of the first elongate portion, the second elongate portion, and the third elongate portion.