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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2017
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Kevin Sittner, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Donald Dixon, Ortonville, MI (US);
Béla Hofer, Troy, MI (US);
Todd Simcina, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A variable valve train module has a valve control block positioned on a cylinder head of the engine. The valve control block has a first block and a second block and variable valve train components. These components include at least one valve, a rocker arm, a brake, and a pump configured to receive input from a camshaft. The components are positioned with respect to the blocks such that the first block receives a first portion of the pump and the second block receives a second portion of the pump.