Apparatus for operating engine valve

A camshaft (18) has, for each valve lifter (32), a high-lift cam (26) between two low-lift cams (24), the high-lift cam (26) fitting within the envelope of the low-lift cams (24). The lifter (32) comprises an outer tappet (36) elongated in the direction of the camshaft (18) and slidably mounted in a...

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Hauptverfasser: SHOST, MARK ANTHONY, KUNZ, TIMOTHY WILTON, CASTELLANA, JOHN, GIANNONE, GUY ERNEST, CARROLL, MICHAEL EDWARD MC, SPATH, MARK JAMES
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A camshaft (18) has, for each valve lifter (32), a high-lift cam (26) between two low-lift cams (24), the high-lift cam (26) fitting within the envelope of the low-lift cams (24). The lifter (32) comprises an outer tappet (36) elongated in the direction of the camshaft (18) and slidably mounted in an elongated bore (30) in a cam carrier (10). The outer tappet (36) is contacted by both low-lift cams (24) and operates two valves (40) simultaneously. An elongated bore (54) extending transverse of the outer tappet (36) carries an elongated inner tappet (38) which is contacted by the high-lift cam (26). A hydraulically actuated locking mechanism (74) couples the tappets (36,38) for movement together for high-lift operation and unlocks for low-lift operation to allow the inner tappet (38) to idle in the outer tappet (36).