Abstract: A variable valve timing apparatus according to the present invention may include a camshaft holder connected to a camshaft, a cam sprocket rotating the camshaft, a rotation shaft disposed to the camshaft holder having a moving screw thread formed thereon, a first and second driven bevel gears disposed to distal ends of the rotation shaft, a screw nut engaged with the moving screw thread and moving along length direction of the rotation shaft by rotation of the first driven bevel gear or the second driven bevel gear so as to change relative phase between the camshaft and the cam sprocket and a gear control portion which selectively rotates the first driven bevel gear or the second driven bevel gear.

Abstract: A hydraulic pressure variable valve lift apparatus may include a housing that a piston chamber that one side thereof is opened is formed, a valve operating piston that is slidably disposed in the piston chamber and one end thereof is connected to a valve for opening/closing a port, and an EHV hydraulic pump that is configured to supply the piston chamber with oil, wherein a first oil passage is formed between the EHV hydraulic pump and the piston chamber on as to supply a side surface of the piston chamber with oil, and an orifice hole is formed from a piston side surface of the valve operating piston to a piston upper end surface. Accordingly, the valve lift amount can be varied according to the operating condition of the engine, a hydraulic pressure variable valve lift apparatus reduces an impact at a moment when the valve is closed by having a valve lift formed a ramp profile and does not require accurate process of multi orifice and thereby decreases a production cost.

Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine with a plurality of cylinders may include at least one variable cylinder that performs a power stroke or is deactivated, normal cylinders that perform power strokes at equal rotation intervals, and a control portion that activates or deactivates the at least one variable cylinder according to a predetermined load condition, wherein deactivation position of the at least one variable cylinder is determined based on rotation angle of a crankshaft.

Abstract: Power consumption for maintaining a target valve timing and noise in operation is reduced by a continuously variable valve timing apparatus including a camshaft holder fixed to a camshaft, a cam sprocket, a leadscrew screw-coupled with the camshaft holder and the cam sprocket and is movable so as to rotate the camshaft holder and the cam sprocket in opposite directions, and an operating unit operated by a motor and moves the leadscrew.

Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus includes a high cam and a low cam fixed side by side to a camshaft, an outer body pressed by the rotation of the high cam, and has a crossbar formed at the bottom of the front end, an inner body, of which the front end protrudes further than the outer body, the lower front end is provided with a valve member, the upper rear end is hinged to a lost motion hinge shaft coaxially with the rear end of the outer body, and the lower rear end is pivotally connected to a hinge member, and a latching portion inserted into the inner body and selectively connected to the crossbar of the outer body to move the inner body dependent on movement of the front end of the outer body, wherein the lost motion hinge shaft is disposed in the same direction as a hinge point between the inner body and the hinge member with respect to the camshaft.

Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus including an inner tappet, an outer tappet surrounding and slidably contacting the inner tappet, and a latching pin slidably inserted into the inner tappet so as to implement a high lift and a low lift by selectively joining the inner tappet and the outer tappet may include a stopper partially inserted into the outer tappet and spaced apart from the latching pin in a movement direction of the latching pin so as to limit movement of the latching pin, and forming a latching pin joining groove in the outer tappet to selectively receive the latching pin, wherein the stopper partially projects to the outside of the outer tappet and is slidably engaged to a cylinder head groove formed to a cylinder head bore to prevent the variable valve lift apparatus from being rotated.

Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus of an engine may include an inner tappet, an outer tappet centrally receiving the inner tappet, a latching unit inserted in the inner tappet and operated by a hydraulic pressure so as to selectively engage the inner and outer tappets by operation, and a protruding member that is coupled to an upper surface edge of the outer tappet so as to protrude outward from an exterior circumference of the outer tappet, and is vertically slidable along a sliding groove of a cylinder head.

Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus may include a camshaft, a low lift cam which may be connected to the camshaft and rotates, a high lift cam which may be rotatably mounted to the camshaft and may be selectively connected to the camshaft to rotate with the camshaft, a high lift cam connecting portion which selectively connects the high lift cam to the camshaft, and a tappet including a low lift cam contact portion contacting the low lift cam and a high lift cam contact portion selectively activating the high lift cam.

Abstract: An electro-hydraulic variable valve lift apparatus may includes a housing having a housing protruding portion is formed therewithin, a driving cam, a pump piston which forms a main chamber with the housing, reciprocates within the housing according to rotation of the driving cam, and forms hydraulic pressure within the main chamber, a pump piston elastic portion disposed for elastically supporting the pump piston, an oil pressure controller communicated with the main chamber in order to control hydraulic pressure within the main chamber, a hydraulic piston slidably disposed within the housing and connected with a valve, a multiple orifice unit slidably disposed within the hydraulic piston and forms an auxiliary chamber with the hydraulic piston, and the multiple orifice unit of which an orifice hole communicating the main chamber with the auxiliary chamber is formed thereto, and an orifice unit elastic portion disposed within the auxiliary chamber to elastically support the multiple orifice unit.

Abstract: An electro-hydraulic variable valve lift apparatus includes a housing, a driving cam, a pump piston which forms a main chamber with the housing, reciprocates within the housing according to rotation of the driving cam, and forms hydraulic pressure within the main chamber, a pump piston elastic portion disposed for elastically supporting the pump piston, an oil pressure controller communicating with the main chamber in order to control hydraulic pressure within the main chamber, a hydraulic piston slidably disposed within the housing, includes a first body having a first diameter and a second body having a second diameter larger than the first diameter, and is connected with a valve, and a piston guide disposed between the housing and the hydraulic piston for guiding the hydraulic piston.

Abstract: A variable compression ratio apparatus may include an external piston, a piston pin mounted in the external piston and a connecting rod, including an internal piston including a slot and sliding in an interior circumference of the external piston, wherein the piston pin passes through the internal piston and the external piston, a latching pin passing through the piston pin and selectively sliding therein, variable sliders disposed to selectively contact one of both ends of the latching pin, at both sides thereof to push the one of the both ends to the opposite side, and a support plate slidably supporting the variable sliders such that the variable sliders reciprocate perpendicular to length direction of the latching pin, wherein one end of a connecting arm selectively rotating may be connected to the variable slider and a sliding direction of the variable sliders may be controlled by rotation of the connecting arm.

Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus may include an outer tappet body of which a latching portion connecting hole and an outer tappet body guide hole may be formed therewithin, an inner tappet body of which an inner tappet body guide hole may be formed therewithin and slidably disposed within the outer tappet body, a latching portion which may be disposed within the inner tappet body guide hole and selectively coupled to the latching portion connecting hole, a latching portion support pin which guides the latching portion along a longitudinal direction of the inner tappet body guide hole and may be connected to the inner tappet body, a hydraulic pressure chamber, and a plunger which may be slidably disposed in the outer tappet body guide hole and selectively inserts the latching portion into the latching portion connecting hole according to the hydraulic pressure supplied from the hydraulic pressure chamber.

Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus may include an opening/closing portion, a low lift cam which selectively contacts the opening/closing portion, a high lift cam which may be disposed parallel to the low lift cam, a control portion, a pad hinge connected to the control portion, and a pad, an end of which may be pivotally coupled to the pad hinge, the pad slidably contacting the high lift cam and the opening/closing portion, wherein, the control portion selectively changes position of the pad hinge.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable tappet, and the variable tappet may include an inner tappet body of which a latching member connecting hole is formed thereto, a protrude portion formed to the latching member connecting hole, an outer tappet body which is disposed around the inner tappet body and slidable to the inner tappet body and a latching member which is disposed to the outer tappet body and selectively connected to the latching member connecting hole.

Abstract: A continuously variable valve lift device for a vehicle is provided, which includes a drive shaft rotating in association with a crank shaft and having a drive cam formed on an outer periphery thereof, a locker arm shaft provided apart from the drive shaft and having one end that supports a rocker arm rotating and rocking in association with the drive cam, output cams rotatably installed on the drive shaft to interlock with the other end of the rocker arm, and a variable drive part straightly moving the rocker arm shaft in a vertical direction of the rocker arm shaft to vary a valve lift. When a valve is shifted from the high-lift state to the low-lift state, a pumping loss is reduced to improve the fuel consumption ratio. Also, since an advance function is provided, an exhaust-side CVVT can be deleted to greatly reduce the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A continuously variable valve lift device of an engine may include a cam shaft having an eccentric cam formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cam shaft so that an oscillating outer-race wheel is coupled to and oscillatable along the eccentric cam, an output cam being rotably fitted to the cam shaft, a sliding shaft for varying the position of the output cam by moving straightly in a front and rear direction according to an engine operating condition, in which the sliding shaft has a deviation adjustment member which is formed to be eccentric toward an outer peripheral surface thereof, and a rocker arm rotably fitted to the deviation adjustment member and one end of which is rotably connected to the oscillating outer-race wheel and the other end of which is rotably engaged with the output cam.

Abstract: A variable valve timing device delivers rotation of a crankshaft to a first camshaft, and to a second camshaft through the first camshaft. First and second variable valve timing units change phases of the first and second camshafts, respectively. A crankshaft sensor senses angle changes of the crankshaft. A camshaft sensor senses angle changes of the second camshaft. A control portion controls the phase of the second camshaft by controlling the second variable valve timing unit, or controls the phases of both camshafts by controlling the first variable valve timing unit, according to signals from the crankshaft sensor and the camshaft sensor. Also, a control method for such a device. One of several possible modes is selected. Target phases of the camshafts corresponding to an operation of an engine are determined. Phases of the first camshaft and/or the second camshaft are controlled according to the selected mode.

Abstract: A multi-cylinder engine with a plurality of cylinders may include at least one variable cylinder that performs a power stroke or is deactivated, normal cylinders that perform power strokes at equal rotation intervals, and a control portion that activates or deactivates the at least one variable cylinder according to a predetermined load condition, wherein deactivation position of the at least one variable cylinder is determined based on rotation angle of a crankshaft.

Abstract: A variable valve timing device delivers rotation of a crankshaft to a first camshaft, and to a second camshaft through the first camshaft. First and second variable valve timing units change phases of the first and second camshafts, respectively. A crankshaft sensor senses angle changes of the crankshaft. A camshaft sensor senses angle changes of the second camshaft. A control portion controls the phase of the second camshaft by controlling the second variable valve timing unit, or controls the phases of both camshafts by controlling the first variable valve timing unit, according to signals from the crankshaft sensor and the camshaft sensor. Also, a control method for such a device. One of several possible modes is selected. Target phases of the camshafts corresponding to an operation of an engine are determined. Phases of the first camshaft and/or the second camshaft are controlled according to the selected mode.