Abstract:
A small internal combustion engine having user interfaces which are located proximate to one another and within a centralized portion of the engine which is easily accessible by a user, such that the user may readily identify and manipulate the user interfaces. The user interfaces include the carburetor choke and throttle controls, the carburetor primer bulb, the engine ignition key switch, the fuel shut-off valve, the fuel fill inlet and fuel tank cap, and the oil fill inlet and oil fill cap. The carburetor choke and throttle controls are configured as rotary members mounted within an upper front portion of the engine shroud, and are shaped for easy grasping by a user to control the running of the engine.
Abstract:
An air cleaner for small internal combustion engines, including a removable or replaceable air cleaner element detachably mounted within an air cleaner cavity which is defined at least on part by the shroud of the engine. The air cleaner element includes engagement structure for releasable engagement with a wall of the air cleaner cavity to permit mounting of the sir cleaner element within the cavity, and removal of the air cleaner element from the cavity, without the use of tools. In addition, a cover is provided for releasably engaging the air cleaner cavity to cover the air cleaner element.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a linear cam valve operating system consisting of a linear cam and follower/tappet installed in a carrier and directly connected to a driving means such as an electro-magnetic or similar type apparatus using a reciprocating or shuttle type driving action with the linear cam action actuating the intake and exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine. Timing of the valve action is controlled from the driving mechanism with valve movement determined by the linear cam using a direct or combined direct-conjugate profile.
Abstract:
A device for transforming a rotational movement into a reciprocating to-and-fro movement has a cam element on a driven carrier shaft. The cam element has an eccentric control area, or lobe. A cam follower can be displaced or pivoted by the cam element. The cam element is rotationally mounted in a flexible encompassing element which is movably connected to the cam follower perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cam element. The flexible encompassing element surrounds the eccentric control surface of the cam element and a non-driven bearing surface for the cam follower.
Abstract:
A valve lift mechanism, in particular for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, has a driven cam element, a valve control member which can be driven (translational movement or pivot rotation) by the cam element, and a flexible enveloping element, wherein the cam element is rotationally mounted The enveloping element is movably connected to the valve control member in the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cam element.
Abstract:
A line of small internal combustion engines, including twin cylinder engines and single cylinder engines. The engines each include a crankcase, and one or more cylinder members attached to the crankcase, the cylinder members being separate components from the crankcase. A number of different crankcases are provided for various types of single and two cylinder engines, the crankcases having common mounting structure to which the cylinder members may be attached. Thus, the manner in which the cylinder members are attached to the crankcases is the same for each of the different types of crankcases. Two different types of cylinder members are provided, one having a side valve or nullL-headnull valve train, and the other having an overhead cam (nullOHVnull) valve train. The cylinder members are therefore modular components which may be selectively used in a variety of different types of engines.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine having a cross-flow cylinder head with improved cooling. The cylinder head includes a pivotally mounted intake rocker arm which engages an intake push rod located proximal a first side of the cylinder head, and includes a pivotally mounted exhaust rocker arm which engages an exhaust push rod located proximal a second side of the cylinder head which is opposite to the first side of the cylinder head.
Abstract:
Two embodiments of cylinder head assemblies for multiple valve, multiple cylinder internal combustion engines wherein the poppet valves associated with each cylinder are disposed at an angle to each other. A cam carrier and tappet bearing member is affixed to the cylinder head by means of a lower surface that is parallel to a machine surface of the cylinder head that is perpendicuIar to the reciprocal axes of one of the poppet valves for each cylinder. A unitary bearing cap is affixed to this cam carrier for journaling the cam shaft. This bearing cap member is provided with a lubricant gallery and delivery system for supplying lubricant to the cam shaft bearing surfaces, cam lobes and tappets.
Abstract:
In internal combustion engine (10) having a power shaft (12) mounted in an engine block (11) for rotation about a power shaft axis (X), a valve arrangement (20) for controlling intake to and exhaust from a combustion chamber (20), and a cam device (22) for actuating the valve arrangement (20); the cam device (22) includes a ring cam (24) having a generally ring-shaped body, with the body having an inner peripheral surface (35) and an outer peripheral surface (26). The ring cam (24) is mounted to the engine block (11) for rotation about a cam axis (Y) displaced from the power shaft axis (X). A cam surface (32) or (34) is provided on the outer peripheral surface (26) for actuating the valve arrangement (20) as the ring cam (24) is rotated about the cam axis (Y). A gear (38) is operably engaged with the power shaft (12) and nested inside the inner peripheral surface (35) for driving the ring cam (24). A gear (36) is provided on the inner peripheral surface (35) for being driven by the gear (38) to rotate the ring cam (24) about the cam axis (Y). A pair of cam followers (28) and (30) are received in an elongated aperture (66) having a non-circular cross-section formed in the engine (10), and are driving by the for sliding, linear motion relative to each other and the engine block (11) by the ring cam (24).
Abstract:
A slide surface construction is formed of an aggregate of Ni crystals having a face-centered cubic structure. The aggregate includes {311} oriented Ni crystals with their {311} planes (by Miller indices) oriented toward a slide surface. The content S of the {311} oriented Ni crystals is set in a range represented by S.gtoreq.40%. The {311} oriented Ni crystals are of a quadrangular pyramid shape on the slide surface, and provide good oil retention for the slide surface construction. Thus, the slide surface construction exhibits an excellent seizure resistance.