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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1987
Koichi Fukuo, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuhiro Shibata, Saitama, JP;
Toshiaki Hiro, Saitama, JP;
Masahiko Matsumoto, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hydraulic circuit for a valve operation timing control device for an internal combustion engine which has a low-speed cam having a shape suited for low-speed operation of the engine, a high-speed cam having a shape suited for high-speed operation of the engine, the low- and high-speed cams being integrally formed on a camshaft rotatable in synchronism with a crankshaft, a first rocker arm held in slidable contact with the low-speed cam, a second rocker arm held in slidable contact with the high-speed cam. The first and second rocker arms are adjacent to and in slidable contact with each other and pivotably supported on a rocker shaft for relative angular displacement. There is a first oil feed passage for lubricating the low-speed cam and a second oil feed passage for lubricating the high-speed cam. The first rocker arm has a hydraulic lash adjuster and a relief valve is disposed in the oil passage for supplying oil pressure to said hydraulic lash adjuster for maintaining a predetermined oil pressure on the hydraulic lash adjuster.