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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2004
Terrence M. Rotter, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Larry W. Bettenhausen, Legal Representative, Ashland, WI (US);
Theodore E. Wehrman, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Scott X. Chen, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Yun Huang, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Terrence M. Rotter, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Larry W. Bettenhausen, legal representative, Ashland, WI (US);
Theodore E. Wehrman, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Scott X. Chen, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Yun Huang, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Abstract
An automatic compression release mechanism for in an internal combustion engine, includes a camshaft assembly including a cam gear, a cam lobe with a notch positioned along a first side of the gear, a tube passing through the cam gear and aligned with the notch, and a support on a second side of the cam gear. An actuator assembly includes a contoured shaft that extends through the tube and resides in the notch. The actuator assembly is rotatable between two operating orientations and a step formed in the surface of the notch prevents the actuator from becoming disabled during engine shut down.