Internal-combustion engines – Poppet valve operating mechanism – Tappet
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-22
2005-02-22
Denion, Thomas (Department: 3748)
Internal-combustion engines
Poppet valve operating mechanism
Tappet
C123S090160, C123S090390, C123S090440, C123S090600
Reexamination Certificate
active
06857406
ABSTRACT:
A valve driving device including a tappet assembly adapted to slide in a tappet guide hole to drive a valve and including a high-speed center tappet and low-speed side tappet; and a high-speed center cam and a low-speed side cam provided corresponding to the center tappet and the side tappet. A depression is formed which is depressed from a base circle to roughly the same profile as a shaft section of the camshaft so that the cam portion over a predetermined angle range where a cam nose section is not formed in the centrally located center cam is smaller than the base circles of the outside located side cams in profile.
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Asanomi Kouji
Matsuura Hirokazu
Nishimoto Toshiaki
Yamauchi Taketoshi
Chang Ching
Denion Thomas
Mazda Motor Corporation
Nixon & Peabody LLP
Studebaker Donald R.
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