Eaton Intelligent Power Limited

Eaton S.r.l.

Marco Aimo Boot

Luigi Lia

Alessio Courtial

Yuriy Mysak

Alberto Aimasso

Piero Parmeggiani

Matteo Raffaele Costantini

Salvatore Finocchiaro

Pierfrancesco De Giovanni

A poppet valve, in particular a hollow poppet valve, includes: a valve stem; a valve body having along a longitudinal axis, a first end with a neck portion to which the valve stem is coaxially arranged and having along a longitudinal axis a second end with a first outer contact face portion, the valve body including a cavity with a first opening towards the first end and a second opening towards the second end; and a valve cap coaxially arranged to the valve body on the second end for closing the second opening, the valve cap having a second outer contact face portion to form together with the first outer contact face portion a valve head contact face.

Hollow poppet valve and method of manufacturing

A lash adjuster can include a hydraulic lash assembly, a mechanical lash assembly, and a check assembly. The hydraulic lash assembly can include a body, a top plunger, a leak down plunger, and the check assembly between the body and the leak down plunger. The mechanical lash assembly can be between the top plunger and the leak down plunger. The mechanical lash assembly can include a shim abutting the top plunger, a spacer, and a spring pressing against the spacer and the shim to form a gap between the top plunger and the leak down plunger. The lash adjuster can include the spring pressing directly against the spacer and directly or indirectly against the shim.

Lash adjuster with hydraulic lash assembly and mechanical lash assembly

A tappet includes a housing with a blind bore and with a shelf groove arranged on the inner wall of the bore; a main body slidably arranged in the bore of the housing, wherein the main body comprises a first shoulder; a secondary body telescopically arranged to the main body and having a second shoulder; a spring device arranged between the first shoulder and the second shoulder; and a locking device extendable from the main body for cooperation with the shelf groove.

Deactivating tappet

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