Patent ID: 7621245

Claim:
A camshaft ( 1 ) for motor vehicle engines, with a termination element ( 2 ) arranged in or on the camshaft ( 1 ) at an axial end side and permanently connected with the camshaft ( 1 ) which closes off the camshaft ( 1 ) in axial direction and which is formed as a drive element for an auxiliary unit on an output side, wherein, said termination element ( 2 ) is formed as a formed sheet metal part, said termination element ( 2 ) has a first coupling area ( 3 ) by way of which it is permanently connected with the camshaft ( 1 ) and a second coupling area ( 4 ), by way of which it can be drive-connected with an auxiliary unit on the output side, said second coupling area ( 4 ) of the termination element ( 2 ) is formed as an open bearing shell ( 8 ) or slot running transversely to the camshaft axis ( 7 ) and is open towards the axial end of the camshaft ( 1 ), and as a result has a large support surface for a driver of the auxiliary unit arranged on the output side formed complimentarily to this driver and engaging in the bearing shell ( 8 ) or the slot.