Patent · US Expired

Variable valve timing mechanism

US4539951A · kind A · utility

27Cited by
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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 19, 1984
Grant dateSep 10, 1985
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01L13/00
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An angular position of a lever with which a rocker arm contacts to define a fulcrum therebetween is varied by rotation of a cam which is installed in a manner to be rotatable relative to its cam shaft and drivingly connected through a spring to the cam shaft or to an output shaft of a driving system.

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