Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokai Trw & Co., Ltd.

Takahiro Okuyama

Susumu Toki

Takashi Sugai

Keiichi Kawada

Masahito Ishihara

Akihito Ushirono

Keiji Tanabe

In a valve operating system designed to open and close intake valves of an internal combustion engine by an electromagnetic force, a first electromagnetic driving device for electromagnetically driving a first intake valve capable of opening and closing a first intake valve bore and a second electromagnetic driving device for electromagnetically driving a second intake valve capable of opening and closing a second intake valve bore are controlled by a control device in a manner so that when the engine is in a predetermined operational state, the first intake valve is opened and closed in a condition in which the second intake valve has been closed and stopped. Thus, it is possible to produce a swirl equivalent to that produced by changing of the lift amount, to provide a reduction in consumed electric power and to achieve a reliable engine operation, e.g., starting.

Valve operating system for internal combustion engine

A supporting structure for rocker arms for engine valves includes an engine having a cylinder head, a valve provided on the cylinder head and adapted for either of intake and exhaust purposes, a valve-operating mechanism for operating the valve, the valve-operating mechanism including a rocker arm abutting on the top of the valve, to thereby operate the valve, and a pivotal structure for pivotably supporting one end of the rocker arm. The pivotal structure comprises a ball-like portion, a spherical concave portion shaped in a form substantially correspondent to the ball-like portion and engaged with the ball-like portion, and an elastic member disposed at an aperture end of the spherical concave portion and adapted to hold the ball-like portion in the spherical concave portion.

Supporting structure for rocker arms for engine valves

A cylinder head for DOHC type internal combustion engine with a center block integrally formed over each cylinder with portions for supporting the rocker arm bearings and a central hole for receiving the ignition plug. Two main oil supply passages are integrally formed in the head and extending longitudinally on either side of the plug holes for supplying lubricant to the rocker arm bearings and the camshaft bearings on each side.

Cylinder head for double overhead cam engine

The curved surface of the semi-spherical recess is defined such that a center of the curvature of the semi-spherical recess in a longitudinal section including a center line of the semi-spherical recess deviates from the center line, and a radius of curvature of the recess is greater than a radius of curvature of the spherical fitting portion.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takahiro Okuyama