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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2020
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Ryull Kim, Seoul, KR;
Dong Hyuk Choi, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
KIA Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An compression-release engine brake opens an exhaust valve at an end of a compression stroke for performing braking function. The compression-release engine brake includes: an exhaust cam including a main cam lobe and a brake cam lobe, an exhaust rocker arm including a roller mounted on one end of the exhaust rocker arm contacting or not contacting the exhaust cam and rotating around a rocker arm shaft by rotation of the exhaust cam, a valve bridge disposed at the other end of the exhaust rocker arm and connected with a pair of exhaust valves, and a reset module disposed between the exhaust rocker arm and valve bridge, contacting the roller with the brake cam lobe according to being suppled of engine brake oil, and exhausting the engine brake oil after opening the exhaust valve by rotation of the exhaust cam.