Internal-combustion engines – Poppet valve operating mechanism – Lubrication
Patent
1996-02-28
1997-09-30
Lo, Weilun
Internal-combustion engines
Poppet valve operating mechanism
Lubrication
123 9039, 74559, F01L 910
Patent
active
056717075
ABSTRACT:
A rocker lever assembly including lubricant directing structure is provided for an internal combustion engine drive train. A lubricant deflecting shroud is secured to a joint-contacting end of a rocker lever above open lubricant channels to direct lubricant to an adjacent drive train joint and minimize airborne lubricant.
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Hager Francis M.
Mandt Cynthia I.
Purcell John Jerl
Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
Lawrence Joan K.
Leedom Jr. Charles M.
Lo Weilun
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