Patent ID: 7597078

Claim:
A camshaft ( 1 ) for automotive engines in particular having cams ( 3 , 4 ) that can rotate with respect to one another about the camshaft axis ( 2 ) over limited circumferential angles, wherein an inside shaft ( 5 ) and an outside shaft ( 6 ) are arranged coaxially one inside the other, the mutually rotatable cams ( 3 , 4 ) consist of a first cam ( 3 ) and a second cam ( 4 ), of which the first cam ( 3 ) is fixedly connected to the inside shaft ( 5 ) via a fixation device ( 8 ), and a second cam ( 4 ) is fixedly connected to the outside shaft ( 6 ) via one fixation device for each, the inside shaft ( 5 ) and the outside shaft ( 6 ) are mounted with respect to one another, comprising the features the first cams ( 3 ) each have a first through-bore ( 11 ) which is aligned with the respective second through-bore ( 12 ) in the inside shaft ( 5 ) when the first cam ( 3 ) has been installed, the fixation device ( 8 ) is formed from two fixation pins ( 10 , 10 ′) that have the same design with respect to its longitudinal extent, each of the pins being fixedly connected to the first cam ( 3 ) via the first through-bore ( 11 ) and fixedly connected to the inside shaft ( 5 ) via the second through-bore ( 12 ).