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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, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jose F Regueiro, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123 9022 ; 123 9027 ; 123 9048 ;
Abstract
A tappet assembly for use with a valve train mechanism of an internal combustion engine that has angulated intake and exhaust valves actuated by the lobes of a pair of camshafts characterized in that the lobe of each camshaft serves to move the associated valve through an inverted bucket tappet incorporating a cylindrical force transmitting element which includes a surface that is skewed or inclined with respect to the bottom of the body of the tappet.