Method and system for engine cylinder decompression

US8863726B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brian Ruggiero · Town of East Granby, US
• Steven Ernest · Windsor, US
• Neil Fuchs · 3a Avenida SO, US
• Jin Xu · Longbeilingcun, CN
• Eric Day · Longmeadow, US
• Joseph Paturzo · Avon, US
• Johnathan W. Prusak · Town of West Hartford, US
• Jeffrey Mossberg · Troy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 21, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 21, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01L2820/01
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for actuating an engine valve to decompress an engine cylinder for engine start up and/or engine braking is disclosed. The system may include a first member, such as an outer piston, disposed above an engine valve, which receives an inner piston extending into a bore provided in the first member. One or more springs may bias the inner piston into a predefined position in the first member. The inner piston may include a lower surface that directly, or through an intervening sliding pin, actuates an engine valve in response to the application of fluid pressure on the inner piston. The inner piston may be used to decompress an engine cylinder for engine start up and/or to provide engine braking.