Ceramic tip cast in valve rocker arm
This patent describes a cast ceramic tip for a rocker arm of an automotive engine, a slipper block having a contoured cam engaging surface extending longitudinally of one face thereof, and having a retainer block formed integrally with the slipper block and extending substantially perpendicular to an opposite face of the slipper block. The retainer block has opposite longitudinally extending faces and opposite laterally extending faces. The improvement described here comprises: radiused fillets extending laterally of the opposite faces of the slipper block, and providing transitions between the opposite face thereof and the opposite laterally extending faces of the retainer block; and, retaining channels formed exclusively in the longitudinally extending faces of the retainer block, the laterally extending faces being substantially planar.
- Assignee:
- Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4627392
- OSTI ID:
- 7009866
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 17 Apr 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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