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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Otics Corporation, Nishio-shi, JP;
Akira Sugiura, Nishio, JP;
Koki Yamaguchi, Nishio, JP;
Naoki Hiramatsu, Nishio, JP;
Takayuki Maezako, Nishio, JP;
OTICS CORPORATION, Nishio-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism of an internal combustion engine which includes a main arm that is capable of swinging and that drives a valve when swinging, a first sub arm that is provided on one side in the lateral direction of the main arm and that swings when driven by a first cam, a second sub arm that is provided on the other side in the lateral direction of the main arm and that swings when driven by a second cam, and a switch device that performs switching between a first coupled state where only the first sub arm of the first and second sub arms is coupled to the main arm, and a second coupled state where only the second sub arm of the first and second sub arms is coupled to the main arm.