Patent ID: 8887676

Claim:
A camshaft comprising an inner shaft and an outer tube that are rotatable relative to one another, a first set of cams secured for rotation with the outer tube, and a second set of cams rotatably mounted on the outer tube and connected for rotation with the inner shaft by way of pins that pass with clearance through circumferentially elongated slots in the outer tube, and a phaser mounted at one end of the camshaft, wherein the phaser has a stator connectible for rotation with an engine crankshaft and two output members each mounted for rotation in unison with a respective one of the inner shaft and the outer tube of the camshaft, the output members having timing features rotatable in unison therewith for enabling respective sensors to determine the angular positions of the inner shaft and the outer tube of the camshaft, and wherein both the timing features rotatable in unison with the respective output members of the phaser are located on the same side of the stator remote from the camshaft, the timing features on the same side of the stator being rotatable relative to each other.