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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2000
Chikara Tanaka, Wako, JP;
Hiromu Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Noriyuki Yamada, Wako, JP;
Junichi Iwamoto, Haga-gun, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
One of adjacent rocker arms in a valve operating system of an engine is provided with first and second support walls. A roller is disposed between the first and second support walls to come into rolling contact with cams. A cylindrical roller shaft, supporting the roller, is provided between the first and second support walls, so that a switchover pin of an associative-operation switchover means can be slidably fitted into the roller shaft in response to the movement thereof. The roller shaft is press-fitted into at least a second one of the first and second support walls, and a press-fit margin for the roller shaft press-fitted into the second support wall on the side of the other rocker arm is set smaller than a press-fit margin for the roller shaft press-fitted into the second support wall on the side of the roller.