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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Toru Kawai, Wako, JP;
Yoshikazu Sato, Wako, JP;
Keita Ito, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/02 (2006.01); F01L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A valve-mechanism-equipped engine having increased combustion efficiency is disclosed. The engine includes intake and exhaust rocker arms having a swing center line inclined relative to a rotation center line of a cam, and an intake valve and an exhaust valve inclined relative to a cylinder. A cam surface is inclined relative to the rotation center line of the cam. Slippers of the intake and exhaust rocker arms are in sliding contact with the cam surface.