Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shifting camshaft groove design for load reduction
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Application No.: US15053591Application Date: 2016-02-25
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Publication No.: US09777603B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Bradley R. Kaan , Domenic Certo , Joseph J. Moon
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F01L1/34
- IPC: F01L1/34 ; F01L1/047 ; F01L13/00

Abstract:
A camshaft assembly includes a base shaft including at least one lobe pack axially movably mounted on the base shaft, the lobe pack including a control groove therein. An actuator device includes a pin movably mounted to the actuator between a retracted position and an extended position for engaging with the control groove to cause axial movement of the lobe pack. The control groove includes a pin engagement region, a shifting region and an ejection region. The pin engagement region of the control groove has a first pair of sidewalls. The shifting region extends from the pin engagement region and has a second pair of sidewalls angled relative to the first pair of sidewalls and having a first portion with a varying groove width that varies relative to a groove width of the pin engagement region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170248043A1 SHIFTING CAMSHAFT GROOVE DESIGN FOR LOAD REDUCTION Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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