Internal-combustion engines – Poppet valve operating mechanism – Tappet
Patent
1987-04-30
1989-05-16
Dolinar, Andrew M.
Internal-combustion engines
Poppet valve operating mechanism
Tappet
291567B, F01L 114
Patent
active
048299502
ABSTRACT:
A valve lifter has a cylindrical lifter body portion made of an alloy tool steel which body portion extends in the axial direction of the valve lifter, and a head portion made of the alloy tool steel and formed integrally with the body portion which head portion extends at a right angle to the axis. The head portion has an outer surface constituting a cam-contact surface provided with a coating layer, and an inner surface constituting a valve-pressing portion provided with a valve-pressing protrusion. The head portion has a macrostructure of plastic flow oriented in a direction perpendicular to the above-mentioned axis. Disclosed also is a method for producing this valve lifter.
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Kanamaru Hisanobu
Sugaya Yosimi
Dolinar Andrew M.
Hitachi , Ltd.
Hitachi Powdered Metals
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