Internal combustion engine with reduced oil maintenance
AssigneeBriggs & Stratton Corporation
InventorsJacob Zuehl, Richard Sebzda, Vernon Moss
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AssigneeBriggs & Stratton Corporation
InventorsJacob Zuehl, Richard Sebzda, Vernon Moss
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An internal combustion engine includes an engine block, a piston, a cylinder head, and a valve train. The engine block includes a cylinder block including a cylinder bore and a crankcase defining a crankcase chamber with a crankshaft positioned within the crankcase chamber. The piston is coupled to the crankshaft and configured to reciprocate within the cylinder bore. The cylinder head is coupled to the cylinder block. The valve train includes a camshaft, a first and second pushrod, a first and second rocker arm, an exhaust valve housed, and an intake valve. The first rocker arm, the second rocker arm, the exhaust valve, and the intake valve each include at least a layer of a low friction material. The first and second pushrod each pass through a pushrod seal to prevent fluid from reaching the rocker chamber to fluidly isolate the rocker chamber from the crankcase chamber.
An internal combustion engine comprising:
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