Internal-combustion engines – Poppet valve operating mechanism – Rod
Patent
1985-02-07
1986-07-01
Goldberg, Howard N.
Internal-combustion engines
Poppet valve operating mechanism
Rod
291564R, 292835, 29445, 29467, 29522R, 29523, 29DIG19, 72370, 72377, 74567, F01L 146, F16H 5300, B23P 1500, B21D 3900
Patent
active
045973652
ABSTRACT:
A camshaft for an internal combustion engine or the like is formed of an expandable steel tube and individual preferably hardenable cam and journal elements fixed together by a mechanical expansion of the tube by a mandrel or other device. Material selection and processes for low cost manufacture are disclosed.
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General Motors Corporation
Goldberg Howard N.
Outland Robert J.
Wallace Ronald S.
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