Internal-combustion engines – Poppet valve operating mechanism – With means for varying timing
Patent
1990-10-11
1992-10-06
Kamen, Noah P.
Internal-combustion engines
Poppet valve operating mechanism
With means for varying timing
123 9031, F01L 134
Patent
active
051522624
ABSTRACT:
A camshaft drive mechanism operates the inlet valves of a first cylinder through a variable valve timing (VVT) mechanism at one end of an engine block and the inlet valves of a second cylinder through a VVT mechanism at the other end of the block. In a four cylinder engine the first cylinder is No 1 and the second cylinder is No 4, cylinders Nos 2 and 3 having separate VVT mechanisms adjacent the VVT mechanisms of cylinders Nos 1 and 4 respectively. A preferred form of VVT mechanism includes an eccentric sleeve which provides a journal for a driving member. Rotation of the eccentric sleeve in an offset bore alters the valve timing. By having the offset equal to the eccentricity of the sleeve the potential wear of the components of the VVT mechanism is reduced.
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Kamen Noah P.
Rover Group Limited
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