Dual cam phaser
AssigneeECO Holding 1 GmbH
InventorsJames Morehead, Daniel Sing
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Abstract
A dual cam phaser for an internal combustion engine, the dual cam phaser including a stator which is drivable by a crankshaft; a rotor which rotatable relative to the stator; a first camshaft; a second camshaft; and a mechanical switching element which is connected to the first camshaft and the second camshaft, wherein the first camshaft and the second camshaft are arranged coaxial with one another, wherein the first camshaft or the second camshaft is connected with the rotor to rotate together with the rotor, and wherein a phase difference between the first camshaft and the second is adjustable by the mechanical switching element.
Claims14
A dual cam phaser for an internal combustion engine, the dual cam phaser comprising:
- a stator which is drivable by a crankshaft;
- a rotor which rotatable relative to the stator;
- a first camshaft;
- a second camshaft;
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- a mechanical switching element which is connected to the first camshaft and the second camshaft,
- wherein the first camshaft and the second camshaft are arranged coaxial with one another,
- wherein the first camshaft or the second camshaft is connected with the rotor to rotate together with the rotor, and
- wherein a phase difference between the first camshaft and the second is adjustable by the mechanical switching element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.