Shift gate, sliding cam system and camshaft

A shift gate for a sliding cam system, the shift gate comprising:

• a sliding cam defining at least two shifting grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the sliding cam so as to engage at least one actuator pin, the at least two shifting grooves including:
• an entry region, for receiving the at least one actuator pin, in which the at least two shifting grooves are separated from each other via a web, and
• a transition region, adjacent to the entry region, in which the at least two shifting grooves converge on each other so as to form a common groove;
• and
• wherein each shifting groove includes a lead flank and a runoff flank which narrow the shifting groove in the transition region such that a first groove width of the shifting groove in the entry region is greater than a second groove width of the shifting groove in the transition region;
• wherein the runoff flank of each shifting groove includes a narrowing portion extending laterally from the web into the shifting groove so as to define the second groove width of the shifting groove in the transition region.