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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2025
Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc., Bloomfield, CT (US);
Sanjaykumar Patel, Suffield, CT (US);
Matei Alexandru, Simsbury, CT (US);
Austen P. Metsack, Ashford, CT (US);
Gabriel S. Roberts, Wallingford, CT (US);
John Mandell, Vernon, CT (US);
G. Michael Gron, Jr., Windsor, CT (US);
Eric J. Hodgkinson, New Hartford, CT (US);
Jarrett J. Stickels, Windsor, CT (US);
Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc., Bloomfield, CT (US);
Abstract
A valve train component for conveying valve actuation motions within an internal combustion engine is provided, which valve train component comprises a body member having a bore formed therein; a sliding member disposed in the bore; and an overload feature operatively connected to the body member and the sliding member. The overload feature is configured to not yield when a load placed on the overload feature is less than a load threshold, thereby preventing movement of the sliding member into the bore, and to yield when a load placed on the overload feature meets or exceeds the load threshold, thereby permitting movement of the sliding member into the bore such that at least a portion of the valve actuation motions is not conveyed by the valve train component.