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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1987
Hisanobu Kanamaru, Katsuta, JP;
Yosimi Sugaya, Funabashi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Powdered Metals, Chiba, JP;
Abstract
A valve lifter has a cylindrical lifter body portion made of an alloy tool steel which body portion extends in the axial direction of the valve lifter, and a head portion made of the alloy tool steel and formed integrally with the body portion which head portion extends at a right angle to the axis. The head portion has an outer surface constituting a cam-contact surface provided with a coating layer, and an inner surface constituting a valve-pressing portion provided with a valve-pressing protrusion. The head portion has a macrostructure of plastic flow oriented in a direction perpendicular to the above-mentioned axis. Disclosed also is a method for producing this valve lifter.