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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryousuke Hiyoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes: a variable compression ratio mechanism arranged to vary an engine compression ratio in accordance with a rotation position of a control shaft; an actuator arranged to vary the rotation position of the control shaft; an arm portion extending from the control shaft in a radially outward direction; a lever arranged to link the actuator and the arm portion; a link pin which penetrates the lever and the arm portion, and which rotatably links the lever and the arm portion; and a wall portion which confronts an end surface of the link pin irrespective of the rotation position of the control shaft, and which retains the link pin to the lever or the arm portion.