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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
James E. McCarthy, Jr., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Douglas J. Nielsen, Marshall, MI (US);
Kshamta Bishnoi, Pune, IN;
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A combined exhaust and engine brake rocker arm assembly configured to selectively open first and second exhaust valves, includes a rocker arm body, an exhaust rocker arm assembly formed in the rocker arm body, and an engine brake rocker arm assembly formed in the rocker arm body and configured to operate in a collapse mode and a rigid mode. The exhaust rocker arm assembly is configured to selectively engage a valve bridge to open the first and second exhaust valves, and the engine brake rocker arm assembly is configured to selectively engage the valve bridge to open only the first exhaust valve.