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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
V. Durga Nageswar Rao, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Daniel Joseph German, Brighton, MI (US);
Gary Allan Vrsek, Brighton, MI (US);
Jeffrey Eliot Chottiner, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Mark Michael Madin, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A variable length connecting rod assembly for imparting a variable compression ratio to an internal combustion engine. The assembly contains a first part ( ), a second part ( ), and a third part ( ) assembled together to form the large end of the connecting rod assembly and provide a variable length for the connecting rod assembly. The first part is a semi-circular cap. One ( ) of the second and third parts is fastened tight to the first part ( ). Guides ( ) disposed at opposite sides of the large end operatively relate the other ( ) of the second and third parts and the fastened parts to provide for relative sliding motion between the other of the second and third parts and the fastened parts over a limited adjustment range to change the length of the connecting rod assembly.