Valve actuating device and method of making same
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsJames R. Sheren, Anthony L. Spoor, Luigi Lia, Philip Michael Kline
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Abstract
A method of assembling a switching rocker arm assembly having an inner arm, an outer arm and a latch. The method includes indenting an outer arm surface on the outer arm, the outer arm surface defining an arcuate aperture. An inner arm surface can be indented on the inner arm at an inner arm latch shelf. A latch can be positioned relative to the inner and outer arms.
Claims20
A method of assembling a switching rocker arm assembly having an inner arm, an outer arm and a latch, the method comprising:
- indenting an outer arm surface on the outer arm, the outer arm surface defining an arcuate aperture;
- indenting an inner arm surface on the inner arm at an inner arm latch shelf;
- and
- positioning the latch relative to the inner and outer arms.
A method of assembling a switching rocker arm assembly having an inner arm, an outer arm and a latch, the switching rocker arm assembly configured to operate in a first normal-lift position where the inner and outer arms are locked together and a second no-lift position where the inner and outer arms move independently, the method comprising:
- indenting an outer arm surface on the outer arm, the outer arm surface defining an arcuate aperture;
- indenting an inner arm latch surface on the inner arm, the inner arm latch surface corresponding to a surface that the latch engages during the normal-lift position;
- and
- positioning the latch relative to the inner and outer arms.
A method of assembling a switching rocker arm assembly having an inner arm, an outer arm and a latch, the outer arm having an arcuate aperture collectively defined by a first outer arm surface on a first outer arm and a second outer arm surface on a second outer arm, the inner arm having an inner arm latch surface, the switching rocker arm assembly configured to operate in a first normal-lift position where the inner and outer arms are locked together and a second no-lift position where the inner and outer arms move independently, the method comprising:
- locating a first indenting tool through the arcuate passage;
- indenting the first and second outer arm surfaces on the outer arm with the first indenting tool;
- locating a second indenting tool adjacent the inner arm latch surface;
- indenting the inner arm latch surface on the inner arm, the inner arm latch surface corresponding to a surface that the latch engages during the normal-lift position;
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- positioning the latch relative to the inner and outer arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.