Poppet valve for an internal combustion engine

A poppet valve comprising:

• an elongated stem extending along a longitudinal axis;
• a valve body disposed laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis and located in a spaced apart relation with an end of the elongated stem, the valve body having a pair of opposing faces disposed co-axial with the longitudinal axis of the elongated stem, a bottom face of the opposing faces of the valve body being entirely solid and free of any openings;
• at least two arcuately shaped primary appendages depending downwardly from the end of the elongated stem and extending away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated stem;
• and
• a void defined between the at least two arcuately shaped appendages, the plurality of secondary appendages, and the valve body, the void being configured to include the longitudinal axis therein,
• wherein an end of each said at least two arcuately shaped primary appendage branches off into a plurality of secondary appendages,
• wherein an end of each secondary appendage is disposed in abutment with an annular region defined on a top face of the opposing faces of the valve body,
• wherein each of the at least two arcuately shaped primary appendages extends substantially perpendicular to the valve body, and each of the plurality of secondary appendages extends from the top face of the opposing faces of the valve body to the end of at least one of the primary appendages, and
• wherein a perimeter of the annular region is larger than a perimeter of the elongated stem measured about the longitudinal axis.

A poppet valve comprising:

• an elongated stem extending along a longitudinal axis;
• a valve body disposed laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis and located in a spaced apart relation with an end of the elongated stem, the valve body having a pair of opposing faces disposed co-axial with the longitudinal axis of the elongated stem, a bottom face of the opposing faces of the valve body being entirely solid and free of any openings;
• at least two arcuately shaped primary appendages depending downwardly from the end of the elongated stem and extending away from the longitudinal axis of the elongated stem;
• and
• a void defined between the at least two arcuately shaped appendages, the plurality of secondary appendages, and the valve body, the void being configured to include the longitudinal axis therein,
• wherein an end of at least one said arcuately shaped primary appendage is disposed in abutment with an annular region defined on a top face of the opposing faces of the valve body,
• wherein an end of at least another one of the arcuately shaped primary appendages branches off into a plurality of secondary appendages, and wherein an end of each said secondary appendage is disposed in abutment with an annular region defined on one of the opposing faces of the valve body,
• wherein each of the at least two arcuately shaped primary appendages extends substantially perpendicular to the valve body, and each of the plurality of secondary appendages extends from the top face of the opposing faces of the valve body to the end of at least one of said at least another one of the primary appendages, and
• wherein a perimeter of the annular region is larger than a perimeter of the elongated stem measured about the longitudinal axis.