Patent ID: 8495980

Claim:
A camshaft arrangement for a motor vehicle engine, comprising: a hollow outer shaft supporting a plurality of outer shaft cams, wherein the outer shaft cams are non-rotatably attached to the outer shaft; and an inner shaft disposed coaxially inside the outer shaft, wherein the hollow outer shaft and the inner shaft are disposed so as to be able to rotate with respect to each other, and wherein the inner shaft supports a plurality of inner shaft cams that are each non-rotatably attached to the inner shaft by at least one connection element, wherein the at least one connection element protrudes with clearance through an aperture in the outer shaft and is attached to one of the plurality of inner shaft cams that is rotatably mounted on the outer shaft, wherein the at least one connection element is inserted into a receiver in the inner shaft so that a portion of the connection element protrudes out of the receiver, and the protruding portion is at least partially inserted into an aperture located at a joint diameter of the one of the plurality of inner shaft cams, wherein the aperture is open at least towards an end face of the one of the plurality of inner shaft cams, and the protruding portion has at least two opposite-lying side surfaces that lie with an interference fit against two corresponding inner surfaces of the aperture of the one of the plurality of inner shaft cams.