Engine valve train module
In a reciprocating internal combustion engine of the type having an engine block means defining at least one cylinder with a first port and a second port in flow communication therewith, a first valve and a second valve reciprocably located to control flow through the first and second ports, respectively, and normally biased to a port closed position, the improvement is described comprising a valve train module that includes a housing adapted to be secured by machine screws to the engine block means above the first and second valves; an engine driven camshaft having axial spaced apart first and second cam lobes operatively supported for rotation in the housing; a lifter guide bore in the housing located substantially coaxial with the reciprocating axis of the first valve; a direct acting hydraulic lash adjuster operatively supported in the lifter guide bore with one end thereof engaging the first cam lobe and at its opposite end being operatively connected to the first valve. A follower guide bore is in the housing operatively aligned relative to the second cam lobe; a hollow rocker shaft is operatively fixed in the housing in parallel spaced apart relationship to the engine driven camshaft; a rocker arm pivotably supported intermediate its ends by the rocker shaft.
- Assignee:
- General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4721074
- OSTI ID:
- 5422141
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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