Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rocker arm unit and method of assembling rocker arm unit
- Patent Title (中): 摇臂单元及组合摇臂单元的方法
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Application No.: US12920748Application Date: 2009-02-16
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Publication No.: US08561586B2Publication Date: 2013-10-22
- Inventor: Masateru Kishi , Kimihiko Todo
- Applicant: Masateru Kishi , Kimihiko Todo
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: OTICS Corporation
- Current Assignee: OTICS Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Smith, Gambrell and Russell, LLP.
- Priority: JP2008-058472 20080307
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/052551 WO 20090216
- International Announcement: WO2009/110297 WO 20090911
- Main IPC: F01L1/18
- IPC: F01L1/18

Abstract:
A rocker arm unit which constitutes a valve gear of an internal combustion engine, includes a lash adjuster including a cylindrical body and a plunger formed into a cylindrical shape and accommodated in the body, a rocker arm extending in a direction perpendicular to a vertical direction, and a clip configured to be fixed to an upper end of the body and formed with a retainer having a retaining portion which is configured to be swaged onto an inner circumferential surface of the upper end of the body. The clip has an extension extending integrally from the retainer. The extension has an upper end engaged with the rocker arm to prevent the rocker arm from falling off the lash adjuster. The retaining portion is configured to abut against the stepped portion of the plunger from above to prevent the plunger from coming off upwardly out of the body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110017160A1 ROCKER ARM UNIT AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ROCKER ARM UNIT Public/Granted day:2011-01-27
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