| 摘要 |
<p>An internal combustion engine (10) includes a housing (12) with a plurality of bearing supports (16). Each bearing support (16) has a substantially circular interior bearing surface (38). A segmented camshaft assembly (14) includes at least two camshafts (18, 20) axially adjacent to each other to define at least one adjacent pair of camshafts (18, 20). Each camshaft (18, 20) is rotatably carried by the housing (12) and includes a plurality of cam lobes (30, 32, 34). The camshaft assembly (14) also includes at least one connector assembly (40), with each connector assembly (40) connecting an adjacent pair of camshafts (18, 20) together. Each connector assembly (40) has an exterior bearing surface (36) disposed within and rotatably carried by a corresponding interior bearing surface (38) in the housing (12).</p> |
