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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1987
Mitsuhiro Shibata, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhide Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Fukuo, Saitama, JP;
Toshiaki Hiro, Saitama, JP;
Masahiko Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine has a low-speed cam for operating the intake or exhaust valves during low-speed operation of the engine and a high-speed cam for operating the intake or exhaust valves during high-speed operation of the engine. A low-speed lubricating oil passage is provided for supplying lubricating oil to the low-speed cam and a separate high-speed lubricating oil passage is provided for supplying lubricating oil to the high-speed cam. A control valve is connected to said low-speed and high-speed lubricating oil passages for selectively supplying maximum oil pressure to the high-speed lubricating oil passage during high-speed operation while restricting the rate of flow of oil during low-speed operation of the engine and supplying maximum oil pressure to the low-speed lubricating oil passage during low-speed operation of the engine while restricting or eliminating the oil supplied thereto during high-speed operation.