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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Applicant:
Bosung Shin, Suwon, KR;
Inventor:
Bosung Shin, Suwon, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A variable valve lift apparatus includes a cam, a swing arm of which one end thereof a valve is connected to and the swing arm contacting the cam, a support portion selectively supporting the other end of the swing arm, a hydraulic lash adjuster of which an oil supply hole and an oil exhaust hole thereto, and selectively supporting the swing arm according to oil supplying thereto or oil exhausting therefrom, a check valve selectively opening the oil exhaust hole and a control portion controlling the check valve for the check valve to selectively open the oil exhaust hole.