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US 2006/0124096 A1Published application
Rocker arm for valve actuation
OwnerRobert Weaverinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved rocker arm system for actuating poppet valves in high performance internal combustion engines. The rocker arm provides trunnion journals extending from each side fitted to outboard bearing mounts to guide the motion of the rocker arm. An I-beam rocker arm having high stiffness and low mass is disclosed.
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A rocker arm system for internal combustion engines comprising:
- a rocker arm;
- a trunnion attached to said rocker arm;
- portions of said trunnion extending outwardly from each side of said rocker arm;
- first and second bearing mounts for said trunnion;
- said bearing mounts located on each side of said rocker arm;
- said bearing mounts receive and rotatably support said trunnion;
- a mounting base;
- said bearing mounts attached to said mounting base which locate and restrain said bearing mounts.
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A rocker arm system for internal combustion engines wherein rocker arm components and geometry are dimensionally located on and from reference axis and planes comprising:
- a first reference axis being longitudinally concentric with the valve center;
- a first reference plane collinear through the first reference axis, being the plane where rocker arm pivot geometry and pivot center is indicated;
- a second reference plane being a normal plane to the first reference axis and the first reference plane, dimensionally located from the valve tip end;
- a second reference axis being a rocker arm pivot axis and lying on the normal plane coincident with a rocker arm pivot center located on the first reference plane and consistent dimensionally from the valve tip end.
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