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Valve gear for four-cycle engine

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5071904
A valve gear adapted for use in a four-cycle engine is described comprising: a crankcase; a one-piece output shaft disposed within the crankcase; a crankcase connected to the output shaft by a crankweb; a first bearing supporting the output shaft at a first journal portion of the output shaft on the crankcase; a second bearing supporting the output shaft at a second journal portion of the output shaft on the crankcase; two two-revolution guide grooves defined int he output shaft to be located within the gap; and interlocking means movably engaged with the guide grooves and connected to valves associated with the engine to operate those valves according to the location of the interlocking means in the guide grooves.
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Patent Number(s):
US 4736717
OSTI ID:
5071904
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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