Patent ID: 6779502
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A cam system, said cam system comprising:a cam member having an axis and an inner diameter, said inner diameter having a plurality of leaf springs; and a shaft member having an outer diameter and an axis; said cam member having its inner diameter secured to the outer diameter of said shaft member so that the axis of the cam member coincides on the axis of the shaft member; each said leaf spring of said cam member having at least two adjacent teeth, wherein all said teeth are substantially parallel to the axis of said cam member; said leaf springs and teeth being located circumferentially along said inner diameter of said cam member; and said shaft member having a plurality of splines on the outer diameter of said shaft member, said splines being substantially parallel to the axis of said shaft member and of the same pitch spacing as the pitch spacing of two adjacent teeth of one leaf spring, wherein one spline is aligned between and fully engaged with two adjacent teeth of one said leaf spring and no additional cam teeth are fully engaged with a spline.