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Method of manufacturing tappet in an internal combustion engine

US6209197A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 13, 2000
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49304
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of manufacturing and Al alloy tappet, used in an internal combustion engine, includes supplying wear resistant particles on a surface of a light metal tappet body, the surface slideably contacting a cam, kneading said particles with a surface layer of the surface of the tappet body to imbed them and then changing the surface layer after kneading to a flat surface.

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