Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
123182100 | Compression relieving type | 6 |
20090064958 | Automatic Decompression Mechanism for an Engine - An automatic decompression mechanism for selectively actuating a cylinder valve of an engine so as to reduce the starting force required to start the engine. The mechanism includes a cam gear, a centrifugal member, and a cover member comprising an integrally formed biasing means for biasing and retaining the centrifugal member in the cam gear. The biasing means urges the centrifugal member into a decompression position when the cam gear is rotating at a lower speed, wherein a projecting portion of the centrifugal member actuates the valve mechanism to reduce the starting force required to start the engine. During normal engine operation, the centrifugal member pivots into a non-decompression position wherein the projecting portion of the centrifugal member recedes below the cam profile surface so as to prevent the projecting portion from actuating the valve mechanism. | 03-12-2009 |
20090199807 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A CAMSHAFT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH AN ADJUSTABLE CAMSHAFT - A method for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine during a stop phase and during a subsequent new startup phase of the internal combustion engine. Such methods are used, in particular, in so-called start-stop designs for combustion engines. The camshaft controls intake valves and/or exhaust valves of the internal combustion engine and is adjustable by a camshaft adjuster. By a desired startup position of the camshaft adjuster, control time points of the intake valves and/or the exhaust valves are defined in which mechanical work necessary for starting the internal combustion engine is reduced and/or pollutant emissions of the internal combustion engine are reduced. In the method according to the invention it is provided that the camshaft adjuster is set in a desired stop position during the stop phase. During a first section of the startup phase, the camshaft adjuster is set from the desired stop position into the desired startup position. During a second section of the startup phase, a setting of the camshaft adjuster is performed as a function of measured operating parameters of the internal combustion engine. Furthermore, the invention relates to an internal combustion engine with a camshaft that can be adjusted by a camshaft adjuster. | 08-13-2009 |
20100077980 | COMPRESSION RELEASE MECHANISM - A compression release assembly is disclosed, the assembly including a camshaft rotatable about a camshaft axis, a trigger rotatable about a trigger axis substantially perpendicular to the camshaft axis, and a spring position between the trigger and the camshaft. Preferably, the trigger is rotated from an engagement position toward a disengagement position when a rotational velocity of the camshaft achieves a known value, and is rotated from the disengagement position toward the engagement position when the rotational velocity of the camshaft is below the known value. | 04-01-2010 |
20140182539 | ROCKER LATCH FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE VALVE ACTUATION - Engine valve actuation systems and methods used to decompress an engine cylinder during engine start-up, shut-down, and for bleeder braking are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a rocker arm pivotally mounted on a rocker shaft, and a structure mounted adjacent to the rocker arm in a fixed position relative to the rocker arm. A latch piston may be slidably disposed between the rocker arm and the structure. The latch piston may be selectively extended to engage both the rocker arm and structure to limit the pivotal motion of the rocker arm and maintain the engine valves in an open condition. | 07-03-2014 |
20150075475 | CONTROLLER OF VARIABLE VALVE APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND VARIABLE VALVE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A controller of a variable valve apparatus of an internal combustion engine has an engine start indication detecting circuit that detects an indication of an engine start. When the indication of the engine start is detected by the engine start indication detecting circuit in a state in which temperature of the engine is lower than a predetermined temperature, an electric motor provided in the variable valve apparatus is supplied with a current, and this current supply to the electric motor is maintained for a predetermined time from a time point of the detection of the indication of the engine start to an engine cranking start. | 03-19-2015 |
20160160712 | DECOMPRESSION APPARATUS - A decompression apparatus includes: a cam shaft having exhaust cams that each open an engine exhaust valve; a release pin rotatable about an axis parallel to the cam shaft between decompression and decompression release positions; a decompression plate fixed to the cam shaft with an opening where the cam shaft is inserted; a weight swingably attached to the decompression plate, radially outward by a centrifugal force; a biasing unit that biases the weight radially inward; and an interlocking mechanism that rotates the release pin with the rotation of the weight. A first flat section is formed on an inner peripheral edge of the opening. The cam shaft has a second flat section that abuts against the first flat section and a supporting surface on a same plane as the second flat section. The outer peripheral surface of the release pin abuts against and slides on the supporting surface. | 06-09-2016 |