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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Applicant:
Charles E. Price, Mt. Juliet, TN (US);
Inventor:
Charles E. Price, Mt. Juliet, TN (US);
Assignee:
JP Scope LLC, Mt. Juliet, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a valve member configured to be reciprocatably disposed within a valve pocket defined by an interior surface of a cylinder head. The valve member has a tapered portion defining multiple flow passages and including multiple sealing portions. At least one sealing portion is disposed adjacent each flow passage and is configured to contact a portion of the interior surface of the cylinder head such that each flow passage is configured to be fluidically isolated from an area outside of the cylinder head.