Patent ID: 8590499

Claim:
A pre-assembled camshaft module for attachment to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, said camshaft module comprising: a cylinder head cover; at least one camshaft; and bearing elements to which said camshaft is rotatably mounted; wherein, the bearing elements are connectable to the cylinder head cover at individual attachment points; the bearing elements are formed as bearing brackets which are connected to the cylinder head cover at the attachment points by attachment members in order to produce the pre-assembled camshaft module; the camshaft module is connectable to the cylinder head at said attachment points by said attachment members; at least two camshafts are provided which are aligned in parallel with each other; each camshaft is rotatably received by a plurality of bearing brackets; each two bearing brackets of each camshaft are disposed next to each other and aligned with each other in a plane which extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the camshafts; and each two adjacent mutually aligned bearing brackets are connected to the cylinder head cover via only three attachment points.