# US 5,343,833 A · Valve gear device for internal combustion engines

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- Number: US 5,343,833 A
- Document ID: US5343833A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/120,424
- Filed: 1993-09-14
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1992-09-14
- Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Eiji Shirai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5343833A

## CPC

- F01L 13/0036: {the valves being driven by two or more cams with different shape, size or timing or a single cam profiled in axial and radial direction}
- F01L: CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES

## Abstract

A valve gear device for internal combustion engines comprises a suction and exhaust valve which is driven to be opened or closed by a high-speed cam or low-speed cams through a lifter wherein a guide plate is formed on the cam shaft and a guide groove which constantly engages with the guide plate is formed on the top portion of the body of the lifter. Also, the high-speed cam itself may function as the guide plate. The contacting surface of the high speed cam and the low speed cams can be surely regulated by the guide groove which constantly engages with the guide plate. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a small-sized valve gear device which surely regulates the contacting surface of the high-speed cam and the low-speed cams with the lifter.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A valve gear device for an internal combustion engine comprises:
a high-speed cam and low-speed cams which are fixed to a cam shaft, being adjacent to each other; and
at least one of an intake and exhaust valve which is driven by at least one of said high-speed cam and low-speed cams through a lifter;
wherein said lifter comprises:
a body which slides inside of a lifter hole formed at a cylinder head of the engine;
a slider which slides inside a slider hole formed in said body and which engages with said high-speed cam;
a spring which urges said slider toward said high-speed cam;
a pin which is supported inside of said body and which is capable to control the relative movement between said body and said slider; and
a guide groove which is formed on a top portion of said body and which constantly engages with a guide plate fixed to said cam shaft.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A valve gear device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1,
wherein said high-speed cam has a constant width in an axial direction thereof and the top portion of said body includes an engaging groove whose width corresponds to the axial width of said high-speed cam which is inserted.