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5803030 Phase adjustable cam drive  
A cam phase adjustor for an internal combustion engine includes a drive gear, an index gear, an actuator and a camshaft. Actuator is rotated and moves linearly to reciprocate the index gear in...
5797361 Variable valve timing mechanism for internal combustion engine  
A variable valve timing mechanism of an internal combustion engine varies the rotational phase of a driven shaft with respect to a drive shaft to vary the timing of the valve. The mechanism...
5797363 Engine valve adjuster  
A variable valve timing mechanism (VVT) for adjusting the valve timing of an intake valve of an internal combustion engine. The VVT has first and second pressure chambers for receiving oil. An oil...
5794578 Valve timing control apparatus  
A valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes an output element having a central bore and in mesh with an adjusting member which reciprocates between two axially spaced...
5794579 Variable valve timing mechanism of engine  
A Variable Valve timing mechanism is provided at the distal end of a camshaft for changing a valve timing of an engine valve. A camshaft is rotatably supported by a cylinder head and bearing cap,...
5787849 Valve timing phase changer  
A variable phase valve timing assembly for an internal combustion engine. A camshaft driven by a rotating crankshaft of the invention actuates an intermediate member such as a pivotally mounted...
5785018 Adjustable device for cam-controlled valve operation of a piston-type internal combustion engine  
An adjustment device for a cam-controlled valve operation in a piston-type internal combustion engine includes a camshaft adapted for actuating intake or exhaust valves of the piston-type internal...
5778840 Variable valve driving mechanism  
A variable valve driving mechanism is provided with an eccentric member (14) having an annular eccentric portion (15), which is eccentric relative to a camshaft (11), and arranged on an outer...
5769044 Value performance control apparatus for internal combustion engine  
An apparatus for controlling valve performance of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a first changing means for changing the valve performance of an intake valve. The first...
5765517 Device for continous angular adjustment between a camshaft and a crankshaft  
A device for continuously adjusting an angular orientation of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, includes a housing, an adjusting piston dividing the housing into...
5765518 Engine valve adjusting apparatus  
A variable valve timing mechanism is provided at the distal end of an exhaust camshaft for changing a valve timing of an intake valve. An exhaust and intake camshafts are rotatably supported by a...
5752479 Valve operating mechanism for 4-cycle engine  
A number of embodiments of valve actuating mechanisms for four-cycle engines including a camshaft and a rocker arm actuated by the camshaft for operating an associated poppet valve. The camshaft...
5740768 Engine cam shaft drive arrangement  
A two-stage cam shaft drive arrangement for an internal combustion engine employing a pair of flexible transmitters. The two-stage mechanism is driven by an intermediate shaft that is driven off of...
5738055 Adjustable camshaft timing device  
Apparatus especially useful in internal combustion engines for adjusting the timing and including a shaft having a longitudinal axis and mounted for rotation about said axis with a circular drive...
5735239 Camshaft arrangement for DOHC engine  
A V-type DOHC engine including a crankshaft, right and left cylinder heads, three cylinders formed for each cylinder head, two intake and exhaust valves for each cylinder, first and second...
5732667 Engine water pump drive  
An improved water pump drive arrangement for an internal combustion engine, having an intermediate shaft. The water pump is driven from one of the flexible transmitters of the camshaft drive and is...
5724929 Engine variable valve timing mechanism  
A variable valve timing mechanism is provided at the distal end of a camshaft for changing a valve timing of an engine valve. A rotor is fixed to the distal end face of the camshaft, and the rotor...
5724930 Timing case cover for engine  
A compact arrangement for an inline multiple-cylinder engine for driving a pair of twin overhead camshafts. The camshafts are driven by a drive that includes an intermediate shaft and at least a...
5724928 Valve timing adjustment device for internal combustion engine  
According to the present invention, in a valve timing adjustment device, an arc-shaped gears are assembled alternately on a piston in the peripheral direction. A spring biases an annular member and...
5722356 Camshaft phase changing device  
A variable camshaft phase changing device comprises two axially-spaced annular gears disposed and engaged between a drive and a driven member, a plurality of coil springs compressed between the...
5713319 Phase variator  
The single-acting phase variator includes a piston actuator movable towards an actuate position, as a result of the admission of a pressurized fluid to a supply chamber through a distribution and...
5704316 Valve drive system of an internal combustion engine  
A valve drive system of an internal combustion engine provided with a camshaft (20) adapted to be rotated by means of a crankshaft, a cam robe (38) rotatably mounted on the camshaft (20), a cam...
5704317 Method for operating a hydraulically controlled/regulated camshaft adjuster for internal combustion engines  
In a method for operating a hydraulically controlled/regulated camshaft adjuster for internal combustion engines, in which a mechanical adjusting device designed to retard the camshaft is...
5687681 Phase changing mechanism for camshaft of internal combustion engine  
A phase changing mechanism is disclosed which is applicable to a valve gear of a dual overhead camshaft internal combustion engine. The mechanism comprises a driving shaft, a cam rotatable relative...
5687690 Motor vehicle drive device  
An engine including an intermediate shaft which is driven by the crankshaft and drives the camshaft. The intermediate shaft directly drives an oil pump arranged above the trans-axle and drives an...
5680834 Just-in-time scheduling for variable camshaft timing  
A system for the just-in time scheduling of camshaft timing for an internal combustion engine. A slave circuit generates an execution period corresponding to the execution period of the variable...
5680836 Planetary cam phaser with lash compensation  
A planetary cam phaser for varying the timing of an engine camshaft is provided with oppositely tapered teeth on the planet gear(s) and the mating ring and sun gears and biasing means for urging...
5680837 Planetary cam phaser with worm electric actuator  
A planetary cam phaser includes an electric motor driven worm gear actuator for rotatably positioning a sun gear to vary the cam phase relative to the crankshaft of an associated engine....
5678516 Accessory drive arrangement for engine  
An internal combustion engine having an improved accessory drive arrangement. A number of the engine accessories is driven off of an intermediate shaft that is driven from the crankshaft between...
5673659 Lead screw driven shaft phase control mechanism  
A camshaft timing device includes a camshaft 10 and a drive gear 20 rotatably mounted thereon. An interconnecting shifting shaft 30 has spline 31 and 33 that interconnect with respective splines 16...
5671706 Variable valve timing  
A valve operating mechanism comprises a hollow shaft (10), a sleeve journalled on the hollow shaft and having a cam, a coupling yoke (16) connected by a first pivot pin (18) to the hollow shaft...
5669343 Valve timing control system for internal combustion engine  
A valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine includes a valve timing varying mechanism having a camshaft for driving an intake or exhaust valve, a hydraulic piston for varying an...
5666914 Vane type angular phase adjusting device  
Angular phase of a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine is adjusted by changing angular position of a vane rotor in a shoe housing. Each of vanes 2 has a couple of a check valve and a pilot...
5657725 VCT system utilizing engine oil pressure for actuation  
A camshaft (126) has a vane (160) secured to an end thereof for non-oscillating rotation therewith. The camshaft (126) also carries a housing (129) which can rotate with the camshaft (126) but...
5649506 Coupling for the transmission of alternating torques  
One of the driving and driven parts of the coupling is connected to a cylinder (10) and the other to a piston (11) which delimit therebetween two antagonistic chambers (13, 14). The chambers have a...
5645020 CAM assembly installation in engine  
A control member holder on cam brackets keeps a control member rotatable on the cam brackets, while a control cam holder on supports keeps control cams fixed to the control member cooperating with...
5645021 Valve timing adjusting mechanism for internal combustion engine  
A valve timing adjusting mechanism for an internal combustion engine includes an internal gear mounted on either one of a crankshaft or a cam shaft of the engine for rotation therewith, an external...
5645024 Camshaft end-play adjustment device  
A timing chain cover which is mounted to an engine block having an opening in general axial alignment with an exposed end of a camshaft. A cap is mounted to the cover and generally seated in the...
5636603 Apparatus for detecting valve lifting characteristic of cam shaft assembly for use in internal combustion engine  
In an apparatus for detecting a valve lifting characteristic of a cam shaft assembly for use in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with a cylinder head to control opening and closure of...
5626109 Valve timing control apparatus for engine  
A valve timing control apparatus that adjusts valve overlap by altering valve timing according to the running condition of the engine. A variable valve timing mechanism (VVT) alters the valve...
5619887 Camshaft tuned vibration damper  
A dry tuned damper (10) for mounting on an outboard end of a camshaft (C), the damper (10) having an annular housing (12) defined by inner and outer annular walls (14, 16) and an end wall (18)...
5615586 Cam device  
In internal combustion engine (10) having a power shaft (12) mounted in an engine block (11) for rotation about a power shaft axis (X), a valve arrangement (20) for controlling intake to and...
5615648 Electro-hydraulic adjusting device  
The electrohydraulic adjusting device for actuating a device for adjusting at least one camshaft of an internal combustion engine relative to its crankshaft has two differential pistons each of...
5609127 Centrifugal control assembly for camshaft advance and retardation and suppression of cyclical vibration  
A centrifugally actuated control is disclosed for shifting the camshaft of an internal combustion engine between an advanced and retarded condition relative to the ring sprocket and timing chain...
5606943 Four-cycle engine  
A gear 11 on a crankshaft 10 is made to engage with an internal gear 21 having twice the number of teeth of the gear 11, cams 22 are formed on the exterior surface of the internal gear 21, and the...
5606944 Internal combustion engine  
An internal combustion engine comprises a vertical crankshaft rotatable in a crankcase, a piston reciprocable along a cylinder axis, and a push rod tube. The push rod tube communicates between the...
5606941 Variable timing camshaft drive system  
A variable valve timing camshaft drive system is provided with an adjusting device arranged between the loose end and the load end of a chain which is operative between chain wheels of two parallel...
5605121 Device for adjusting valve timing in an internal combustion engine  
A device (1) for adjusting valve timing in an internal combustion engine, disposed within a control gear of at least one camshaft on a drive pinion (3) which is in driving relationship with this...
5592909 Camshaft phase changing device  
A variable camshaft phase changing device has an annular piston and lash take up front and rear gears with inner and outer helical spline for phase changing and a return spring for the piston. The...
5592910 Camshaft phase changing device  
A camshaft phase changing device has a pair of axially-spaced annular front and rear gears disposed and engaged between co-axial drive and driven members. An annular piston is mounted to the...