Rocker arm fixture
AssigneeTMJ Properties, L.L.C.
InventorsWilliam D. Solomon, Erin C. Lickfelt, Mark A. Herioux
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Abstract
A fixture for positioning internal combustion engine rocker arm pedestals prior to bolting the pedestals to the engine. The fixture is a molded synthetic plastic body having recesses for receiving the rocker arm pedestals and fingers within the recesses maintain the pedestals therein. The fixture also includes positioning surfaces cooperating with engine components to assure proper positioning of the pedestals, and the fixture remains in the engine eliminating the necessity for removing the same after the pedestals are bolted in place.
Claims8
A fixture for positioning rocker arm pedestals in an internal combustion engine comprising, in combination, an elongated body having first and second ends, first and second lateral sides, an upper surface and a lower surface, locating surfaces defined on said body lower surface and on at least one of said body lateral sides for accommodating engine structure to locate said body upon the engine, and rocker arm pedestal retaining means defined on said body for holding and locating a rocker arm pedestal prior to and during attachment to an engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.