Internal-combustion engines – Poppet valve operating mechanism – Tappet
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-17
2008-06-17
Eshete, Zelalem (Department: 3748)
Internal-combustion engines
Poppet valve operating mechanism
Tappet
C123S090480, C123S090440, C074S569000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07387098
ABSTRACT:
A cam follower includes a roller on which a cam rolls. A material ratio Rmr (C) (C: a section level %) of an radially outer surface of the roller is set to relations of 0%<Rmr (10%)≦10%, a Kurtosis Rku of a roughness profile of the outer surface is set to 4≦Rku≦10, an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of the outer surface is set to 0<Ra≦0.15, and a compression stress S of the outer surface is set to 800 MPa≦S≦1,100 MPa.
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Ochi Shinya
Waseda Yoshitaka
Eshete Zelalem
JTEKT Corporation
McGinn IP Law Group PLLC
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