Valve drive for an internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876442-B2
Application number	US-202016774084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2020
Priority date	Aug 24, 2017
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A valve drive for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has a camshaft which is rotatably mounted in a first and a second camshaft bearing and which includes at least one cam with a first cam curve and a second cam curve that differs from the first cam curve. A gas exchange valve can be actuated by the first or the second cam curve via a cam follower. A camshaft section is provided, by which the cam can be moved by an actuator such that the gas exchange valve can be actuated either via the first or the second cam curve via the cam follower. The camshaft and the cam have a fixed position relative to each other. The camshaft can be axially moved in the first and the second camshaft bearing. The camshaft bearings consist of a camshaft bearing block and a common bearing frame. A lubricant supply bore is provided which opens into a fourth lubricant groove in the bearing frame in order to supply the bearing points with lubricant. A first lubricant groove is provided in the first camshaft bearing block, and a second lubricant groove is provided in the second camshaft bearing block. These lubricant grooves correspond to the fourth lubricant groove and are open in the direction of the cam follower.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A valve drive for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a first camshaft mounted rotatably in a first and a second camshaft bearing, the first camshaft having at least one cam with a first cam lobe and a second cam lobe differing from the first cam lobe, wherein a gas exchange valve is actuatable by the first or the second cam lobe via a cam follower, wherein
the first camshaft has a camshaft section by which the cam is movable via an actuator such that the gas exchange valve is actuatable either via the first or the second cam lobe via the cam follower,
the first camshaft and the cam have a fixed position relative to each other,
the first camshaft is movable axially in the first and the second camshaft bearings,
the first and the second camshaft bearings comprise a camshaft bearing block and a common bearing frame,
a lubricant supply bore opens into a fourth lubricant groove in the common bearing frame in order to supply bearing points with lubricant,
a first lubricant groove is arranged in the first camshaft bearing block and a second lubricant groove is arranged in the second camshaft bearing block,
the first and second lubricant grooves are arranged corresponding to the fourth lubricant groove in the common bearing frame and are open in a direction of the cam follower,
the fourth lubricant groove has a fork at a transition to a camshaft bearing block, and
the camshaft bearing block has a corresponding third lubricant groove, which is spaced apart by a sliding travel of the camshaft from the second lubricant groove and which is open in the direction of the cam follower.

2. The valve drive according to claim 1 , wherein
the camshaft has a fifth lubricant groove, which runs around radially on the outside, at least over a certain section, and which corresponds to the second or to the third lubricant groove, depending on a position of the camshaft.

3. The valve drive according to claim 1 , wherein
the cam follower is a sliding finger follower.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Emmersberger Georg
• Knoll Dietmar
• Kraft Roland
• Schmid Rudolf
• Steinle Thomas

Classifications

• F01L2001/0476

  Camshaft bearings · CPC title

• F01L13/0036 Primary

  the valves being driven by two or more cams with different shape, size or timing or a single cam profiled in axial and radial direction · CPC title

• F16C2360/18

  Camshafts · CPC title

• F16C33/1065

  Grooves on a bearing surface for distributing or collecting the liquid · CPC title

• F01M1/06

  Lubricating systems characterised by the provision therein of crankshafts or connecting rods with lubricant passageways, e.g. bores (crankshafts, connecting-rods, per se F16C) · CPC title