Title:
TAPPET WITH SLIDING INNER CUP
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/181181
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A follower mechanism for use in a bore of an internal combustion engine, including an outer sleeve having an inner surface and an outer surface defining a pair of axially extending shaft grooves that are formed in the inner surface and are parallel to a longitudinal center axis of the follower mechanism, an inner cup including a side wall defining a pair of shaft apertures, the inner cup being slidably disposed in the outer sleeve, a shaft having a first end and a second end, each of the first end and the second end extending through a corresponding shaft aperture of the inner cup and being slidably disposed in a corresponding one of the shaft grooves, and a roller follower rotatably received on the shaft such that a portion of the roller follower extends axially outwardly beyond the outer cup.
Inventors:
THOMAS REUBEN BICKLE (US)
GRAB GEORGE (US)
GRAB GEORGE (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/027928
Publication Date:
November 23, 2017
Filing Date:
April 17, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KOYO BEARINGS NORTH AMERICA LLC (US)
International Classes:
F01L1/14
Foreign References:
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| FR2998614A1 | 2014-05-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BRULEY, Kenneth C. (US)
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