Hydro-mechanical overhead for internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue May 12 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6374789

Meistrick, Z S; Price, R B

This patent describes a hydro-mechanical overhead for a multi-cylinder four-cycle internal combustion engine having a camshaft, intake valve pushtube means driven by the camshaft, exhaust valve pushtube means driven by the camshaft, at least one intake and exhaust valve for each cylinder of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engines and a piston for each cylinder of the engine. The process comprises an intake valve master piston means for each engine cylinder. Each intake valve master piston means is driven by one of the intake valve pushtube means. There is an exhaust valve master piston means for each engine cylinder, and each exhaust valve master piston means is driven by one of the exhaust valve pushtube means.

• Assignee: Jacobs Manufacturing Co., Bloomfield, CT
• Patent Number(s): US 4664070
• OSTI ID: 6374789
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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