Rocker arm with an oil trough
AssigneeKoyo Bearings North America LLC
InventorAnthony Copper
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Abstract
A rocker arm assembly having a rocker arm including a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall defining a support aperture, a rocker arm support including a pair of opposed bearing support arms, each bearing support arm being disposed within a corresponding support aperture of the rocker arm and defining a lubrication groove extending along an outer surface thereof, and a pair of radial roller bearings, each including an inner cup, an outer cup, and a plurality of rollers disposed therebetween, wherein each radial roller bearing is disposed both on a corresponding bearing support arm and within a corresponding support aperture.
Claims12
A rocker arm assembly comprising:
- a rocker arm including a first sidewall defining a first support aperture, and a second sidewall defining a second support aperture;
- a rocker arm support member including a first bearing support arm and an opposed second bearing support arm, each bearing support arm defining at least one lubrication groove extending along respective outer surfaces of the first and second bearing support arms;
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- a first radial roller bearing and a second radial roller bearing, each radial roller bearing including a plurality of rollers disposed between an inner cup and an outer cup,
- wherein the first bearing support arm is disposed within the first support aperture via the first radial bearing, and the second bearing support arm is disposed within the second support aperture via the second radial roller bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.