Abstract: The invention concerns a magnet actuator for a camshaft controller, comprising a housing base body with receiving sections provided on the housing base body for receiving at least one magnetic body, wherein the magnetic body is provided for driving an actuating means which is disposed coaxially to the camshaft and which controls the camshaft. The invention is characterized in that the housing base body is made from plastic material, in particular fiber glass reinforced plastic material and that conductor paths are provided on the plastic material or injected into the plastic material which connect a central electric connection to the at least one magnet body and/or to the sensor elements detecting adjustment or motion of the camshaft.

Abstract: A plurality of oil passages are formed in a shaft body of a rocker shaft, which partially constitutes a valve drive system of an internal combustion engine. A bolt hole is formed in the shaft body in such a manner as to substantially perpendicularly intersect the axis of the shaft body. A bush is fitted into the bolt hole in such a manner as to prevent the bolt hole from establishing communication between the plurality of oil passages. A bolt is fastened through the bush to thereby fix the rocker shaft on a cylinder head. This structure improves the support rigidity of the rocker shaft and the dynamic characteristics of the valve drive system, and reduces the number of components and the number of working man-hours.

Abstract: A camshaft adjuster for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles has a stator having a casing and stays connected to the casing and projecting radially inwardly. A rotor rotatable relative to the stator is fastened on the camshaft. The rotor has a rotor base member and vanes connected thereto. The vanes project into spaces between the stator stays. The stays each have an end face that rest sealingly against the rotor base member. The vanes of the rotor each have an end face resting sealingly against an inner peripheral wall of the stator. At least one of the vanes of the rotor has a damping element and the stator has at least one counter damping element. Upon rotation of the rotor into its end position, the damping element interacts with the counter damping element and slows the movement of the rotor into the end position.

Abstract: In a valve operating apparatus, torque is transmitted from an eccentric drive cam attached to a drive shaft through a multinodular-link motion-transmission mechanism including a link arm, a rocker arm, and a link rod to a rockable cam to cause an engine valve to open and close. Also provided is a control cam whose geometric center is displaced from a control shaft. By way of eccentric rotary motion of the control cam, a valve lift of the engine valve is variably controlled. Lubricating oil supplied from an oil passage formed in the drive shaft via a first communicating passage formed in the drive cam into a clearance between the link arm and the drive cam, is forcibly fed via a second communicating passage into a pivotally linked portion between the link arm and the rocker arm by oscillatory pumping action created by eccentric rotary motion of the drive cam.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine arrangement 7 with a variable cam timing unit pressurized oil supply arrangement 49 is provided. A first pump 44 delivers oil through a first check valve 62 to a VCT unit 83 and additionally provides oil to the engine lubrication system. A second oil pump 104 provides pressurized oil to the VCT unit 83 through a second check valve 106. An accumulator 114 is connected between the first 62 and second 106 check valves to pressurize oil delivered to the variable cam timing unit 83.

Abstract: An improved cam and follower arrangement suitable for actuating, for example, poppet valves of an internal combustion engine and method and apparatus for forming the cam surface. This permits the use of skewed valve axes without using multiple rocker arms for each valve. The shapes are chosen and formed to provide better contact area and permits the cams to be ground with conventional grinding methods and for multi-cylinder engines.

Abstract: A lubricating structure for an OHC internal combustion engine including a cam holder, wherein an oil feed path for feeding a lubricant to an upper end of a valve stem is formed integrally with the cam holder so as to project therefrom.

Abstract: A lubrication system for an internal combustion engine having valves to optimize oil flow through an engine to increase engine efficiency. The lubrication system includes an engine driven oil pump connected to supply pressurized oil through a main oil feed to a main bearing gallery, a cam gallery, a cam phaser and switching valve lifters. A pair of pressure increasing valves connected to the main bearing gallery and the cam gallery selectively restrict oil flow to the cam gallery and the main bearing gallery to raise oil pressure supplied to the cam phaser. A pressure regulator valve is connected to the cam gallery to control oil pressure supplied to the switching lifters for cylinder deactivation or stepping valve train operation. The optimization of oil flow allows the engine to use a smaller oil pump and thereby increase engine efficiency while providing for actuation of the cam phaser or the switching lifters over the full engine speed range.

Abstract: The camshaft mounting structure for a cylinder head according to the present invention comprising: a first journal part which is placed at the frontal part of a cylinder head of an engine is designed to support a camshaft, and also accommodates a bolt coupling hole for securing the cylinder head and the cylinder block, wherein the cylinder block is installed with a plurality of oil holes communicating with a plurality of oil passages for connecting with an actuator of the variable valve timing apparatus; a metal bearing mounted on the semi-circular shaped first journal part with a length identical to the maximum length of the first journal part in relation to the axial direction of the camshaft, and formed with a plurality of connecting holes communicating with the plurality of oil holes; and a plurality of oil grooves formed at the camshaft along the circumferential direction for respectively communicating with the plurality of connecting holes, wherein the location of the first journal part of the cylinder

Abstract: In a valve operating apparatus, torque is transmitted from an eccentric drive cam attached to a drive shaft through a multinodular-link motion-transmission mechanism including a link arm, a rocker arm, and a link rod to a rockable cam to cause an engine valve to open and close. Also provided is a control cam whose geometric center is displaced from a control shaft. By way of eccentric rotary motion of the control cam, a valve lift of the engine valve is variably controlled. Lubricating oil supplied from an oil passage formed in the drive shaft via a first communicating passage formed in the drive cam into a clearance between the link arm and the drive cam, is forcibly fed via a second communicating passage into a pivotally linked portion between the link arm and the rocker arm by oscillatory pumping action created by eccentric rotary motion of the drive cam.

Abstract: A valve lift mechanism, in particular for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, has a driven cam element, a valve control member which can be driven (translational movement or pivot rotation) by the cam element, and a flexible enveloping element, wherein the cam element is rotationally mounted. The enveloping element may be formed of plates and joint pins, to form a link chain or a roller chain, for instance, and it is movably connected to the valve control member in the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cam element.

Abstract: An accumulator 114 is provided in an engine 7 camshaft 73 having at least one lobe and an internal cavity 170. A compliance member 174 is provided for pressurizing the fluid within the internal cavity 170.

Abstract: A valve lift mechanism, in particular for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, has a driven cam element, a valve control member which can be driven (translational movement or pivot rotation) by the cam element, and a flexible enveloping element, wherein the cam element is rotationally mounted The enveloping element is movably connected to the valve control member in the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cam element.

Abstract: A hollow camshaft (19) lubrication system for aircraft engines that supplies lubricant (14) to cam lobe surfaces (25) from the interior surface (22) of the hollow camshaft (19) even during periods when aircraft operation moves the rotation axis of the hollow camshaft (19) from horizontal.

Abstract: The present invention prevents abnormal wear of the friction surfaces surrounding the rocker arm, prevents poor lubrication when the engine is started at low temperature after a long period of shutdown, and improves reliability. A bag-shaped oil sump (24) opening upward is provided in the middle part of the rocker arm main body (17). A roller (15) and a roller pin (16) are provided inside the oil sump (24) and when the engine stops, these are immersed in the oil in the oil sump (24). When the engine stops, the area between the roller (15) and the roller pin (16) is lubricated. Further, when the engine is re-started after a long period of shutdown, until the oil has risen, the area between the roller (15) and the cam (8) can be lubricated using the oil adhering to the roller (15). When the rocker arm (6) oscillates downward, the oil in the oil sump (24) is supplied from the oil exhaust (28) by spraying towards the valve shaft end.

Abstract: An intake or exhaust valve for an internal combustion engine has a rocker arm with a pivot between its ends, one end of which is engaged by the pushrod, and the other end engages the valve stem. An adjustable stop has two positions for the rocker arm pivot; a rest position where there is no movement of the pivot, and an upper lock position where the pivot moves in response to the pushrod, and there is a reduction in the opening of the valve. A progressive rate spring compresses as the pivot moves towards the upper lock position, thereby modulating valve opening for relatively slow start (or stop) of valve stroke with accelerating (or decelerating stroke), as the progressive rate spring compresses (or expands). Relatively thinner and thicker Belleville springs are used in series to produce a progressive rate spring. The lock position of the pivot elevated above the rest position is determined by a hydraulic block trapping oil in a closed chamber.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a variable valve actuation system is provided. An engine valve is moved from a first position where the engine valve blocks a flow of fluid to a second position where the engine valve passes a flow of fluid. A valve actuator is actuated to prevent the engine valve from returning to the first position. A signal is transmitted to cause the valve actuator and to allow the engine valve to return to the first position. The return of the engine valve to the first position is determined. A time parameter indicative of an elapsed time between the transmission of the signal and movement of the engine valve to the first position is determined.

Abstract: A hollow camshaft (19) lubrication system for aircraft engines that supplies lubricant (14) to cam lobe surfaces (25) from the interior surface (22) of the hollow camshaft (19) even during periods when aircraft operation moves the rotation axis of the hollow camshaft (19) from horizontal.

Abstract: An accumulator 114 is provided in an engine 7 camshaft 73 having at least one lobe and an internal cavity 170. A compliance member 174 is provided for pressurizing the fluid within the internal cavity 170.

Abstract: A cam phaser assembly having an improved configuration of the C1 oil gallery in the camshaft supplying oil to the cam phaser. An axial bore in the camshaft is formed over its non-threaded outer portion at a diameter substantially greater than the diameter of the bolt connecting the phaser to the camshaft. Upon assembly of the cam phaser to the camshaft, an annular, cylindrical gallery is formed between the bolt surface and the bore, which gallery replaces the plurality of axial bores required for the C1 gallery in the prior art camshaft. The prior art C2 gallery, which utilizes a second axial bore in the bolt itself, is substantially unchanged, and an O-ring around the cam bolt in the first axial bore seals the C1 and C2 pressure galleries from communicating with each other.

Abstract: An engine has a combustion chamber. An air induction system communicates with the combustion chamber through an intake port. An exhaust system communicates with the combustion chamber through an exhaust port. Intake and exhaust valves move between an opening position and a closing position of the intake port and the exhaust port, respectively. A camshaft actuates either the intake valve or the exhaust valve. The camshaft extends generally vertically. A camshaft cover member encloses the camshaft together with an engine body of the engine. The camshaft cover member defines a slot through which a tool can pass. The tool can prevent the camshaft from rotating.

Abstract: A variable valve-timing engine includes a VTC for adjusting a relative phase angle of an exhaust cam for opening and closing an exhaust valve and an intake cam for opening and closing an intake valve; an oil pressure controlling unit for operating the VTC; a deterioration detecting unit for detecting the deterioration of hydraulic fluid in the oil pressure controlling unit; a correcting unit for correcting the oil pressure of hydraulic fluid of the oil pressure controlling unit based on a detected value by the deterioration detection unit, and a deterioration indicating unit for indicating a replacement of the hydraulic fluid based on the detected value of the deterioration detecting unit, so that the user can be advised of a required oil replacement.

Abstract: The valve driving apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes a valve element functioning as an intake valve or an exhaust valve of the internal combustion engine, an electromagnetic actuator for driving the valve element, an actuator body having a plurality of electromagnetic actuators mounted thereto, and wiring for supplying electric power to each of the electromagnetic actuators. The actuator body has a flow path for allowing a cooling medium to flow therethrough. The wiring is provided near the flow path of the actuator body. This structure enables a reduction in space for power distribution while minimizing overheating of the wires.

Abstract: In a camshaft timing device for an internal combustion engine having a camshaft driven from a driveshaft by way of a camshaft drive which is capable of advancing or retarding the camshaft and therefore the valve timing, the camshaft drive is mounted onto the camshaft by a clamping screw which has a cylindrical opening in which a valve spool is movably disposed for controlling admission of hydraulic fluid to, and its release from, the camshaft drive, the valve spool being actuated by an electromagnetic motor acting against a valve spring biasing the valve spool in one direction for controlling the operation of the hydraulic camshaft drive and the valve spool is pressure balanced for accurate positioning control thereof.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine with two camshafts (4, 5) arranged side by side in the cylinder head (1), each having a mechanism (8, 9) for varying the control timing of gas exchange valves is provided. The feeding and discharge of the hydraulic pressure medium to and from the mechanisms (8, 9) takes place through electromagnetic control valves (15, 16), each including a cartridge which can be inserted into a valve holder (19, 20) and an attached electromagnet (23, 24) which has an electrical socket (27, 28) located on its clear front side (25, 26). The valve holders (19, 20) are constructed as separate flanged connectors which are situated directly above the bearings of the camshafts (4, 5) on the cylinder head of the engine in such a way that the control valves (15, 16) are situated beside each other with their cartridges facing away from each other and with their electromagnets (23, 24) facing each other along a common longitudinal axis running transverse to the longitudinal axis of the camshafts (4, 5).

Abstract: A VVA apparatus includes a driving shaft, a crank cam arranged at an outer periphery of the driving shaft, a VO cam swingably supported by the driving shaft to actuate an engine valve, and a rocker arm having a first arm swingably mounted to an eccentric control cam at a first pivotal point and a second arm rotatably mounted to the crank cam and the VO cam at a second pivotal point and a third pivotal point, respectively, the rocker arm transmitting a driving force of the crank cam to the VO cam. The valve lift produced by the VO cam is varied by changing a rocking fulcrum of the rocker arm through rotation control of the control cam, and the second pivotal point and the third pivotal point are located on the side of the second arm of the rocker arm.

Abstract: An over-head cam type V-type engine comprises a crank shaft provided to penetrate through a crank chamber, a cam shaft provided in a head portion of each of two cylinders provided above the crank chamber, an intermediate shaft provided to penetrate through the crank chamber, a chain chamber for accommodating a chain to transmit a rotation of the crank shaft to the intermediate shaft, a first chain tunnel for accommodating a chain to transmit a rotation of the intermediate shaft to the cam shaft of one of the first and second cylinders, a second chain tunnel for accommodating a chain to transmit the rotation of the intermediate shaft to the cam shaft of the other cylinder, forcible oil supply means for supplying a lubricating oil from an oil sump to the head portion of each of the first and second cylinders, a first lubricating oil feedback path formed to reach the oil sump from the head portion of one of the first and second cylinders through the first chain tunnel and the crank chamber, and a second lubricat

Abstract: A cylinder head includes a carrier member 50 integrally formed with a vertical wall portion 53 for supporting a camshaft 15, 16, a tappet guide 54 for containing a tappet 24 and a tappet-lubricating oil receiving portion 51 slanted around the tappet guide 54. An operation-oil supply passage 203, 209, 210 extends in the longitudinal direction of the carrier member 50 inside the tappet guide 54.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, a pair of suction ports are formed on left and right sides of the rear of the cylinder head with respect to the vehicle body. A pair of exhaust ports is formed on left and right sides on the front side of the cylinder head. Suction poppet valves and exhaust poppet valves for opening and closing the suction ports and the exhaust ports are slidably fitted in guide tubes, respectively. In addition, a valve gear includes a camshaft and a rocker arm pivotally supported on a rocker arm shaft. The rocker arm is formed with a bifurcated end, which crosses an ignition plug on the exhaust poppet valve side. The suction poppet valves are directly driven to open and close by the camshaft.

Abstract: An accessory drive for the valves of an internal combustion engine, especially an Otto engine, especially for a motor vehicle, with at least one camshaft, which is divided into two camshaft halves. A camshaft gear wheel is provided between the two halves of the camshaft. A hydraulic camshaft adjuster is installed between the two halves of the camshaft. This adjuster is designed as a thrust bearing for each of the two halves of the camshaft, and each camshaft half has a hydraulic fluid connection extending via the associated thrust bearing to the camshaft adjuster.

Abstract: In an engine valve operation mechanism, opposite ends of a support shaft that supports a cam in a rotatable manner are supported in a first support hole of a first support wall formed in a cylinder head and a second support hole of a second support wall placed inwardly from the first support wall relative to the cylinder head, thereby allowing the support shaft to be inserted into the first support hole and the second support hole from outside the cylinder head, and an inner face of a head cover prevents the support shaft from becoming detached from the first support hole. The axial movement of the cam support shaft can thereby be restricted without employing a special stopper member, and the leakage of lubricating oil for the support shaft can be prevented without using a special sealing member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a valve operating system for internal combustion engines, having a roller rolling contacting a valve operating cam, the system being provided with an oil supply passage capable of reducing a pressure loss to a low level even when a flow rate of lubricating oil entering the oil supply passage increases in accordance with a heightened engine speed, improving the lubricating ability with respect to the roller, and attaining a long lifetime of a rocker arm.

Abstract: A four-stroke engine with a lubrication system is disclosed. The engine includes intake and exhaust valves. A valve actuating mechanism opens and closes the intake and exhaust valves. The lubrication system includes a baffle plate unit that is located generally above the valve actuating mechanism. The baffle plate unit includes a baffle pate and a lubrication passage. The baffle plate is configured to guide blow-by vapors to a discharge port. The lubrication passage is configured to lubricate the valve actuating mechanism.

Abstract: A hollow camshaft (19) lubrication system for aircraft engines that supplies lubricant (14) to cam lobe surfaces (25) from the interior surface (22) of the hollow camshaft (19) even during periods when aircraft operation moves the rotation axis of the hollow camshaft (19) from horizontal.

Abstract: An improved journaling and sensor mounting arrangement for the VVT mechanisms of a twin overhead cam engine. By utilizing a combined single bearing cap for the VVT ends of the camshafts that mounts the sensors that are associated with timing wheels on the respective camshafts, it is possible to maintain a very neat external appearance and a compact construction. Also, high accuracy can be obtained because of the positive rotation of the components. In addition, a simplified oil supply and control arrangement is also disclosed for lubricating the thrust surfaces of the camshaft bearings and other bearing surfaces as well as supplying hydraulic fluid to the VVT mechanisms.

Abstract: An intermittent oil supply system is provided that discharges intermittently some of the oil supplied to the cam bearing 53 from the oil supply path 71 formed on the axial center of the camshaft 4 and via the journal path 73 toward the side of the cam 68 and the tappet 48 in line with the rotation of the camshaft 4. The intermittent oil supply system is structured so that an oil groove 77 along the axial direction of the camshaft 4 is formed, for example, on the bearing surface 59a of said cam bearing 53, and at least one end of this oil groove 77 opens on the end face 59b of the cam bearing 53 (bearing housing 59).

Abstract: In an engine valve assembly, a valve lifter comprises a cylindrical main body portion and a head wall portion by which an opening of the cylindrical main body portion is enclosed and with which a cam is brought in contact, a valve stem is contacted on an axial center of the valve lifter and is disposed obliquely with respect to a direction of gravity, an exit of a lubricating oil supply bore is opened to an inner space of the head wall portion and is revolved due to a revolution of the valve lifter caused by a friction developed on the basis of a revolution of the cam, and a spring retainer supports an end of a valve spring, the spring retainer being attached onto the valve stem.

Abstract: A seal plate partitions a sectorial space which houses a vane and a circumferential groove which houses a torsion spring, so that the sectorial space is formed to prevent the communication between an advance angle pressure chamber and a retard angle pressure chamber regardless of the space of the circumferential groove. As a result, by setting the inner diameter of the vane smaller than the outer diameter of the torsion spring, the outer diameter of the vane can be made relatively small without lowering the engine performance. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the actuator in size without lowering the engine performance, to reduce the weight of a valve timing adjusting device and to obtain a mounting space easily for mounting the valve timing adjusting device on the engine.

Abstract: Three embodiments of twin overhead camshaft internal combustion engines employing variable valve timing mechanisms for each camshaft. In each embodiment, the variable valve timing mechanisms are supplied with hydraulic fluid from the engine lubricating system through a common supply passage that is formed in the cylinder head and disposed between the variable valve timing mechanism control valves. These control valves are, in turn, disposed between the camshafts at the front of the engine to provide a very compact assembly.

Abstract: A cylinder head for a valve-controlled internal combustion engine with a cylinder head housing, in which there are bearing blocks for the inlet or outlet camshaft. At least one camshaft has a camshaft adjuster, by way of which the position of the drive wheel of the camshaft can be changed relative to the axis of rotation of the camshaft. At least the bearing block, which is provided next to the camshaft adjuster and is intended for the camshaft, exhibits a segment, whose width is reduced owing to a recess for the screw connection of the cylinder head housing. The bearing site, arranged next to the camshaft adjuster, provides a bearing sleeve for the camshaft, in such a manner that the segment of the bearing block that is provided with a reduced bearing block width is expanded to the actual bearing block width. The sleeve exhibits openings to supply oil for the camshaft adjuster.

Abstract: An oil passage for an internal combustion engine having a timing chain entrained around a crank sprocket and a cam sprocket, the crank sprocket being mounted on a crankshaft of the engine, and the cam sprocket being positioned on a camshaft. A timing case is disposed on one side of the engine for enclosing the timing chain. The oil passage for supplying the engine oil to the actuator is connected at an upstream side thereof to a downstream side of an oil pump, while a downstream side of the oil passage is positioned inside the timing case and around the cam sprocket.

Abstract: In a valve movement control system of an internal combustion engine, a hydraulic operational characteristic variable mechanism with no operational lag or a shortened operational lag on re-starting of the engine is provided. The valve movement control system comprises a camshaft having a cam journal supported for rotation by a support member, a hydraulic operational characteristic variable mechanism provided on the camshaft, an oil pressure control valve, and a control oil passage for supplying operating oil to the operational characteristic variable mechanism through a plurality of members including the camshaft and the support member. An operating oil reserve chamber is provided above the cam journal for supplementing operating oil flowing out through a minute gap between the cam journal and the support member when the engine is stopped.

Abstract: To provide a multi-cylinder engine in which cam shaft linked with a plurality of intake valves and a plurality of exhaust valves for carrying out intake and exhaust operations for a plurality of combustion chambers is rotatably supported by cam bearing portions provided on the cylinder head and a cam holder fastened to the cam bearing portions. An oil passage capable of supplying oil from an oiling passage provided in the cylinder head is formed in the cam shaft. Oil can be supplied in the oil passage in the cam shaft without restriction in the location of fastening bolts for fastening the cylinder head to the cylinder block. An oiling hole is provided in the cam shaft in such a manner as to be in communication with the oil passage, and an oil groove in communication with the outer end of the oiling hole is formed in a cam bearing portion, provided in the cylinder head, at a position corresponding to one of combustion chambers, in such a manner as to face toward the outer surface of the cam shaft.

Abstract: A four-stroke cycle internal combustion engine is adapted to deliver oil mist from an oil reservoir to a cam chamber together with blow-by gas. It has an oil reservoir, a cam chamber, an oil dipper formed on a connecting rod for agitating oil in the oil reservoir to generate oil mist, a carburetor, and an oil separator provided between the cam chamber and the carburetor and for separating oil contained in oil mist from blow-by gas. The oil separator has a vertically extending first passage which communicates with the cam chamber at an upper end and communicates with the oil reservoir at a lower end and a second passage which communicates with the lower end of the first passage at one end and communicates with a venturi of the carburetor at the other end.

Abstract: A seal for a servo medium of a torque transmission device (2) in which sealing rings can be dispensed with by providing an annular sealing gap (12) which extends on both axial sides of a servo medium supply and by a special choice of materials and structural configuration in this region, the sealing gap (12) diminishes in size with increasing warming-up of the device (2) which diminution counteracts the decreasing viscosity of the servo medium.

Abstract: An improved variable valve timing mechanism for an internal combustion engine wherein the variable valve timing mechanism includes a control valve mounted by a bearing cap for the cam shaft and specifically one end of the cam shaft. The bearing cap is fastened to the cylinder head by threaded fasteners that are disposed on opposite sides of a bearing surfaces a cam shaft in which at least one oil control groove is formed. Oil is supplied to this control groove by a valve element that is mounted in the bearing cap in spaced relation to the threaded fasteners.

Abstract: A push rod operated multi-valve V-type engine particularly adapted for use in motorcycles or like vehicles and which engine is air cooled. The engine employs a very simplified construction and overhead valve actuating mechanism utilizing push rods. The push rods are contained within push rod tubes formed at one side of the engine that provide a neat appearance and ease of servicing without adversely affecting the air cooling. A composite cylinder head construction is employed, as well as an improved and simplified lubricating system for the pair of driven camshafts. Furthermore, a decompression system is incorporated in the valve actuating mechanism so as to facilitate starting.