Patent ID: 7669565

Claim:
An internal combustion engine having an engine block including a pressurized oil source and rotatably supporting a crankshaft, the internal combustion engine comprising: a camshaft rotatably mounted within the engine block and defining an axially extending cavity; wherein said axially extending cavity extends between opposed first and second ends of said camshaft; a selectively actuatable cam phaser mounted to said second end of said camshaft and operable to vary the timing of said camshaft with respect to the crankshaft in response to pressurized oil; a cover removably mounted to the engine block and operable to substantially enclose said first end of said camshaft; and wherein said cover at least partially defines a passage in communication with the pressurized oil source defined by the engine block and said axially extending cavity defined by said camshaft, said passage and said axially extending cavity being operable to communicate pressurized oil from the pressurized oil source to said cam phaser to actuate said cam phaser.