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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Paul Lloyd Flynn, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Ganesha Koggu Naik, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/18 (2006.01); F01L 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for varying valve timing in a V-engine. In one embodiment, a method for an engine comprises pivoting a first cam follower for a first cylinder of a first bank and a second cam follower for a second cylinder of a second bank about a rotatable pivot shaft, driving the first cam follower and the second cam follower with a camshaft to operate a respective first valve of the first cylinder and a second valve of the second cylinder, and rotating the pivot shaft to vary a valve timing of the first cylinder and the second cylinder.