Hydraulic variable lift engine valve gear
US5445116A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01L1/267
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A camshaft supported in an engine cylinder head structure has a low speed (lift) cam lobe and a high speed (lift) cam lobe. A rocker arm is supported by a hydraulic lash adjuster or a rocker shaft for pivotal motion and has a sub-rocker shaft and a pin. The rocker arm is drivingly engages the low lift cam lobe. A free cam follower is supported by the sub-rocker shaft and drivingly engages the high lift cam lobe. A latch lever supported by the pin has a latch position wherein one end portion of the latch lever is in locking engagement with the free cam follower and a latch release position wherein the one end portion of the latch lever is out of engagement with the free cam follower. A hydraulic piston received in bore is in driving engagement with the opposite end portion of the latch lever to urge the latch lever against a latch lever release spring towards the latch position thereof. Hydraulic fluid communication between the bore and a hydraulic fluid passage of the cylinder head structure is established through the hydraulic lash adjuster or the rocker shaft.
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