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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard F Murphy, Torrington, CT (US);
Primo Gugnoni, Goshen, CT (US);
Christopher Kaswer, Avon, CT (US);
Robert A Niziolek, Plainville, CT (US);
Assignee:
The Torrington Company, Torrington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123 9041 ; 298882 ;
Abstract
A shaft is mounted on side walls of a rocker arm, extending through a central cavity of the rocker arm. A bearing is located within the cavity of the rocker arm, positioned over the shaft. A yoke member adapted for mounting on the internal combustion engine has a curved portion enclosing a portion of the outer circumference of the bearing such that the bearing supports the rocker arm when the yoke mount rocker arm assembly is mounted on the internal combustion engine.