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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1991
Shinichi Murata, Kyoto, JP;
Michiyasu Yoshida, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Noboru Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The cylinder head of an internal combustion engine according to the present invention comprises a head base portion and an extended head portion connected to the head base portion. The extended head portion allows to arrange a variable valve timing mechanism in the cylinder head of the present invention, together with the valve system of the engine itself. The head base portion has the same interior as that of a prior cylinder head of DOHC type and a height equal to that of an another prior cylinder head of SOHC. The DOHC and SOHC cylinder head can be processed in a common manufacturing line whereby the head base portion can be also processed in the common manufacturing line.