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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Otics Corporation, Nishio-shi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Naoki Hiramatsu, Nishio, JP;
Koki Yamaguchi, Nishio, JP;
Masahide Sakurai, Nishio, JP;
Motohiro Yuge, Toyota, JP;
Masaaki Tani, Toyota, JP;
OTICS CORPORATION, Nishio-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism of an internal combustion engine, which includes an input member, an output member, a slider and a variable device. The output member has internal space formed therein and has a first cutout and a second cutout which are formed at two positions separated from each other in the swing direction so as to extend from an outer periphery of the output member to the internal space, and the input member is mounted in the internal space so as to extend through both inner sides of the first and second cutouts, and is brought into contact with inner side surfaces of the cutouts from both sides in the thrust direction, whereby relative displacement of the input member together with the slider in the thrust direction with respect to the output member is restricted at two positions by the first and second cutouts.