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Variable valve timing

US5329894A · kind A · utility

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7References
18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 17, 1992
Grant dateJul 19, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 17, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01L1/356
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A means of varying both the opening and closing angle of internal combustion engine cam-operated valves by means of a mechanism which responds to the torque applied to the camshaft by the valve springs in such a way that the opening angle of the valves is retarded and the closing angle advanced and in which a means of inhibiting this operation can be incorporated.

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