Camshaft alignment
AssigneesCummins Engine Company, Inc., Iveco (UK) Ltd., New Holland U.K. Ltd.
InventorsDamian P. Smith, Hanz-Jurg Nydegger, Gary Steven Antcliff, David J. S. Page, Vic Wiffen
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Abstract
A camshaft 10 has alignment formations at one axial end for enabling the camshaft 10 to be correctly aligned with another component during assembly. In the invention, the alignment formations comprise two bores 18 of the same diameter but different depth.
Claims8
A camshaft having alignment formations by means of which the camshaft can be supported, which formations additionally serve to enable the camshaft to be correctly oriented in relation to another component during assembly, said alignment formations comprising two bores of the same diameter but different depth.
An engine having a camshaft, a crankshaft having a front and flywheel end, and a flywheel mounted on a collar located at the flywheel end of the crankshaft, wherein the camshaft is driven by means of a gear on the camshaft located at the flywheel end of the camshaft and meshing directly with a gear mounted on the crankshaft forward of the flywheel mounting collar, the gear on the crankshaft for driving the camshaft having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the flywheel mounting collar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.