Abstract: A roller camshaft for actuating cylinder poppet valves of an internal combustion engine includes a carrier shaft adapted for rotation by an engine crankshaft. The camshaft may be equipped with more than one cam lobe, with each lobe having a base circle portion, an acceleration ramp, a deceleration ramp, a tappet contacting roller housed in a socket positioned at a nose of the lobe, a leading transition ramp located adjacent both the acceleration ramp and the roller, and a trailing transition ramp located adjacent both the deceleration ramp and the roller.

Abstract: Method of attaching an insert to a valve seat location of an engine involves forming an engine valve seat location with a circular conical face surface constituted of a light metal; forming an insert with a circular conical bonding surface for mating with the face surface, the bonding surface being constituted of a metal dissimilar to the light metal and having a higher hardness and a higher melting temperature than the light metal of the face surface; aligning the axes of the face surface and bonding surface and gradually rotationally driving the insert into the valve seat with sufficient pressure and for a controlled period of time frictionally melt or plasticize a film of the face surface; and thereafter ceasing the rotational driving while holding the surfaces together with sufficient forging pressure and for a period of time to allow the melted film to recrystallize and create a metallurgical bond between the surfaces.

Abstract: An automotive exhaust manifold is fabricated from stainless steel sheet metal of thin dense gauge, and provided with an outer coating of less dense stainless steel or other suitable material spray bonded to it to provide an irregular surface of non-uniform cross-section with a large surface area to damp the transmission of sound waves from the manifold.

Abstract: A method of thermally spraying a solid lubricant (i.e. graphite or BN) impregnated metal matrix onto a metal target, using the steps of: (a) creating a flame or arc into which a consummable strand is fed, the strand being constituted as a hollow sheath of metal and a core therein comprising essentially solid lubricant powder particles, the flame or arc melting the metal of such strand; (b) applying a pressurized jet of atomizing gas to the melt and included graphite particles to project a spray of molten heavy metal and graphite particles generally homogeneously distributed throughout such spray, said graphite being protected against ablation during transit from the flame or arc to the target; and (c) surface heat treating essentially only the deposit to precipitate additional graphite while densifying the metal and controlling microstructure.

Abstract: A method of the thermally spraying a solid lubricant (i.e. graphite or BN) impregnated metal matrix onto a metal target, using the steps of: (a) creating a flame or arc into which a consummable strand is fed, the strand being constituted as a hollow sheath of metal and a core therein comprising essentially solid lubricant powder particles, the flame or arc melting the metal of such strand; (b) applying a pressurized jet of atomizing gas to the melt and included graphite particles to project a spray of molten heavy metal and graphite particles generally homogeneously distributed throughout such spray, said graphite being protected against ablation during transit from the flame or arc to the target; and (c) surface heat treating essentially only the deposit to precipitate additional graphite while densifying the metal and controlling microstructure.