Patents by Inventor Phillip G. Bledsoe

Phillip G. Bledsoe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4643141
    Abstract: A mechanism for varying the lift, timing and duration of a valve member associated with an internal combustion engine comprising an elongated rocker arm having a first pivot end and a second end forming a valve member actuating free end, a pair of eccentric members forming a first eccentric member and a second eccentric member collectively defining a pivot axis within a circular opening for the rocker arm, the first eccentric member comprising a shaft having cylindrical end portions journaled for rotation about a shaft axis and an eccentric cylindrical portion located within the opening of the rocker arm, and the second eccentric member comprising a tubular sleeve rotatably supported on the surface of the shaft and concentric with a second eccentric axis spaced from the shaft axis, the second eccentric member rotating relative to the first eccentric member to provide a pivot axis for the rocker arm which is formed by the collective angular position of the first and second eccentric members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Inventor: Phillip G. Bledsoe