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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bryce A Buuck, Bellevue, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123 9048 ; 123 9051 ; 123 9028 ; 74569 ;
Abstract
A non-hydraulic direct acting tappet in the form of a cup-shaped body and a replaceable, cylindrical insert retained within a support formed inside the body. In a preferred embodiment, the support is in the form of a cylindrical boss formed on the inner end wall of the body and the insert is retained by press fitting. In other embodiments, the insert is retained by an O-ring on the insert, the boss and insert are of a non-circular shape, or the boss is on an axis offset from the longitudinal axis of the body.