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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jim Chern, Troy, MI (US);
Chong Hsi Jack Chen, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Minghui Chien, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Scott Michael DeRaad, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 3/10 (2006.01); F01L 1/16 (2006.01); F01L 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments may provide a valve train for an engine including a valve stem configured for reciprocating movement to open and close a port in a combustion chamber of the engine. The valve train may also include an elastomeric element coupled with the valve stem, and a mass may be coupled with the elastomeric element and able to move relative to the valve stem.