Patent ID: 8701609

Claim:
A camshaft assembly having a rotationally drivable basic camshaft and at least one sliding piece which is mounted on the basic camshaft and is configured to be displaced in a longitudinal direction of the basic camshaft, the at least one sliding piece having at least one cam pack with at least two cams with different cam profiles, and having a switching device which has a switch guide plate for displacing the at least one sliding piece into different switching positions of the cams, wherein the switching device has a switching shaft arranged within the basic camshaft which is configured to be rotated about a rotational axis of the basic camshaft with a switch guide plate which has a slotted-guide track, and a slotted-guide pin which is connected to the at least one sliding piece and engages into the slotted-guide track, the slotted-guide track being endless and switching to and fro of the sliding piece taking place in the same rotational direction of the switching shaft.