Camshaft assembly

Abstract

A camshaft assembly for a vehicle engine includes a camshaft member, a cam phaser and a cam nose. The camshaft member includes a front end and a rear end. The camshaft member may be configured to actuate at least one intake valve of a combustion chamber. The cam phaser affixed to the front end of the camshaft member while the cam nose may be disposed at the front end of the camshaft. The cam nose further includes a cam nose face with a curvilinear groove surrounding a central axis region of the cam nose. The curvilinear groove may be configured to engage with the cam phaser to prevent oil leakage out from the central axis region and/or to rotationally lock the cam phaser to the camshaft member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.