Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Elements
Patent
1986-08-07
1987-10-06
Smith, Gary L.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Elements
291564R, 123 9039, 123 9044, 74559, B23P 1500, F01L 118, G05G 104
Patent
active
046974733
ABSTRACT:
A one-piece, cold-formed rocker arm of the cam follower type is provided. The rocker arm includes a one-piece metal body cold-formed from a metal blank and being of inverted U-shaped cross section substantially throughout its length. The body has a top wall with depending, structurally integral side walls. An intermediate, convex portion of the top wall has a rectangular opening therein exceeding therethrough. A cam-contacting roller is rotatably mounted on an axle carried by the side walls below the rectangular opening. The roller has a circumferential surface extending upwardly through and beyond the rectangular opening to engage a cam. The rocker arm body has a rounded recess formed at one end portion to receive a lifter post on which the rocker arm can pivot. The body has an additional recess at another end portion to receive an end of a valve stem.
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Gutchess, Jr. Allen D.
Luong Vinh
Smith Gary L.
The Henley Group, Inc.
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