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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1987
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine, which includes a cylinder bore having an axis, a cylinder head disposed above the cylinder bore and having a combustion chamber, intake and exhaust valves movably supported in the cylinder head, and a spark plug supported in the cylinder head and having electrodes disposed centrally in the combustion chamber. A valve operating mechanism combined with an internal combustion engine comprising, a single camshaft rotatably disposed above the cylinder head, a single rocker arm shaft rotatably disposed above the cylinder head, an intake-valve rocker arm swingably supported on the rocker shaft and operatively engaging the intake valve, an exhaust-valve rocker arm swingably supported on the rocker shaft and operatively engaging the exhaust valve, a cam holder disposed above the cylinder bore, the camshaft being rotatably supported by the cam holder, a rocker holder disposed above the cylinder bore, the rocker arm shaft being rotatably supported by the rocker holder, and a plug insertion tube having a plug insertion hole for insertion of the spark plug therethrough, the plug insertion tube being integrally formed with the cam holder and the rocker holder.