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Engine decompression system

US7263960B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 2006
Grant dateSep 4, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02N3/02
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An engine decompression system that can secure a projecting height of a decompression cam from a base face of a valve operating cam to be relatively large in an engine starting rotational region, and maintain a state in which the projection height is decreased in a complete combustion rotational region of the engine. The decompression system includes a decompression cam shaft provided on a valve operating cam shaft or a rotating member integrally coupled thereto, the decompression cam shaft being capable of rotating between an operating position in which a decompression cam projects above a base face of a valve operating cam to slightly open engine valves during a compression stroke and a release position in which the decompression cam is withdrawn to allow the engine valves to close. A centrifugal mechanism connected to the decompression cam shaft maintains the decompression cam shaft at an operating position in a starting rotational region, and rotates the decompression cam shaft to the release position in a normal running region. The centrifugal mechanism is arranged so that, in a complete combustion rotational region between the starting rotational region and the normal running…

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