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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:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark C. Sellnau, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Hermes A. Fernandez, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
Abstract
A three-step cam-profile-switching roller finger follower includes a body with low-lift, high-lift and medium-lift body sections. Low, high and medium cam followers are carried by the low-lift, high-lift and medium-lift body sections, respectively. At least one locking assembly selectively couples together and decouples the low and high-lift body sections, and selectively couples together and decouples the low and medium-lift body sections.