Internal-combustion engines – Poppet valve operating mechanism – Camshaft drive means
Patent
1993-08-30
1994-03-22
Cross, E. Rollins
Internal-combustion engines
Poppet valve operating mechanism
Camshaft drive means
F01L 102
Patent
active
052954595
ABSTRACT:
A camshaft driving device for a V-type engine or a horizontal opposed engine, staggers the times of the collisions of one crankshaft sprocket and one chain or other and the collisions of another crankshaft sprocket and another chain to reduce overall engine noise. Two crankshaft sprockets, mounted on the crankshaft, are angularly related to each other so that when the meshing starting point on the tension side of one crankshaft sprocket one chain is radially aligned with a top land of the one sprocket, the meshing starting point on the tension side of the other crankshaft sprocket and the other chain is aligned with a bottom land of the last-mentioned sprocket.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5010859 (1991-04-01), Ogami et al.
patent: 5014655 (1991-05-01), Ampferer
patent: 5033421 (1991-07-01), Shimada et al.
patent: 5178108 (1993-01-01), Beaber
patent: 5216989 (1993-06-01), Iwata et al.
Asada Morikazu
Suzuki Tadasu
Cross E. Rollins
Lo Weilun
Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
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