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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marvin P. Schneider, East Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/18 ;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes a housing; a camshaft rotatably carried by the housing and having a plurality of cams; a rocker arm shaft rotatably carried by the housing and rotatably driven by the camshaft; and a plurality of rocker arms rotatably carried by the rocker arm shaft, with each rocker arm being associated with a respective cam. The rocker arm shaft and camshaft each include a gear these two gears enmeshing with each other. Rotating the camshaft in turn rotatably drives the rocker arm shaft within the rocker arms.