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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1980
John M Gavasso, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Louis G Bodnar, Westland, MI (US);
Walter E Parker, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An engine constructed with a hemispherically shaped combustion chamber having inlet and exhaust valves flush mounted in the surface of the chamber with centerlines perpendicular to the chamber surface and intersecting the cylinder bore centerline at a common point; the valve train components for each valve all acting in a single plane and having centerlines that together converge towards a common point adjacent the cylinder bore centerline, the valve train planes of each pair of inlet and exhaust valves being canted with respect to each other and to the camshaft axis, a single overhead camshaft being centrally located between the inlet and exhaust valves.