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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:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger D Sweetland, Columbus, IN (US);
Fred M Rasener, Columbus, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cummins Engine Company, Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L / ; F01L / ; F01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123 904 ; 123 9041 ; 123 9022 ; 123 9036 ;
Abstract
A rocker lever assembly for an internal combustion engine which employs four valves for each cylinder is provided. The rocker lever assembly includes a low cost support base formed of a sintered metal configured to support and precisely position an intake and an exhaust rocker arm in axially offset relative positions to provide driving connections between the engine pushrods and the cylinder valves.