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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2017
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd., Sagamihara, JP;
Shuichi Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Tsuruoka, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Sushi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenjiro Oda, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., Sagamihara, JP;
Abstract
A rocker arm swingably supported by an arm shaft and operating a valve by rotation of a cam includes an arm body part including a bearing portion supported by the arm shaft, a cam-side arm portion extending from the bearing portion toward a first side, and a valve-side arm portion extending from the bearing portion toward a second side, an arch part extending over the bearing portion and connecting the cam-side arm portion and the valve-side arm portion, and a lightweight part disposed in a space defined between the arm body part and the arch part and having a reduced weight compared with a case where the space is filled with the same material at the same thickness as the arch part.