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Title:
ROCKING JOINT ASSEMBLY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012072902
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a configuration solving such a problem that it is difficult to impart the lubricity on a surface of a bearing, in a joint where reciprocating motion can be converted to rotary motion through a crankshaft and a connecting rod.

A rocking joint 30 is disclosed where bearing surfaces rock with respect to each other with no sliding between the surfaces. Pull rods 31 couples from a left cylinder via a bridge 42. The pull rods 31 include: a pull rod body 32, a center element 34, a bearing element 36, and an end cap 38, all held together via bolts 40. The bridge 42 includes cross-pin extensions 44 extending outwardly toward the pull rods. In the bearing element 36, a back side of the bearing element 36 that sits against a surface of an opening 46 includes a convexly curved surface.


Inventors:
HOFBAUER PETER
Application Number:
JP2011202406A
Publication Date:
April 12, 2012
Filing Date:
September 15, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ECOMOTORS INTERNATL INC
International Classes:
F16C9/04; F02B75/24; F02B75/28; F16C7/02
Domestic Patent References:
JP2005500450A2005-01-06
JPS252931B1
JPS071963B1
JPS58102861A1983-06-18
JP2005500450A2005-01-06
JPS252931B1
JPS071963B1
JPS58102861A1983-06-18
Foreign References:
US20060124084A12006-06-15
US20100229836A12010-09-16
US2260240A1941-10-21
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US4869212A1989-09-26
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
▲吉▼川 俊雄