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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Makoto Nakamura, Isehara, JP;
Seinosuke Hara, Atsugi, JP;
Seiji Tsuruta, Atsugi, JP;
Mikihiro Kajiura, Inagi, JP;
Makoto Nakamura, Isehara, JP;
Seinosuke Hara, Atsugi, JP;
Seiji Tsuruta, Atsugi, JP;
Mikihiro Kajiura, Inagi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a control shaft rotatably supported through a bearing to a body of the engine, and arranged to rotate about a center axis to control an operating state of an engine valve, the control shaft including; a control cam having a center which is off the center axis of the control shaft in a first direction; and a journal portion rotatably supported by the bearing, the journal portion having a center axis which is off the center axis of the control shaft in a second direction different from the first direction of the control cam.