JP4011020B2 - Engine valve gear - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a valve operating apparatus for an engine provided with a variable lift mechanism that continuously changes a lift amount of an engine valve that is an intake valve or an exhaust valve.

One end portion of the first and second link arms is rotatably connected to a rocker arm having a cam contact portion that contacts the valve cam and one end portion interlocked and connected to the engine valve. The other end is rotatably supported at a fixed position of the engine body, and the other end of the second link arm is moved by the driving means, thereby continuously changing the lift amount of the engine valve. An engine valve device that has been obtained is already known from Patent Document 1 and the like.
JP-A-6-280523

However, in the valve operating apparatus for an engine disclosed in Patent Document 1, a cross-shaped cross-section is formed at the intermediate portion of the rocker arm, one end of which is linked and connected to the engine valve, and the other end is provided with a cam contact portion. One end portion of the first and second link arms arranged so as to intersect with each other is rotatably connected, and a movable support portion at the other end of the second link arm is pivotally driven by a driving means. The middle part of the arm is connected, and it is necessary to secure a space for disposing the rocker arm and the first to third link arms in a direction along the axis of the camshaft while avoiding mutual interference. The size increases in the direction along the axis of the camshaft.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an engine valve operating apparatus capable of continuously changing the lift amount of an engine valve while enabling compactness.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention includes a rocker arm having a cam abutting portion that abuts on a valve cam, and one end portion linked to and coupled to the engine valve, and is rotatable to the rocker arm. A first link arm having a first connection portion connected at one end and a fixed support portion rotatably supported at a fixed position of the engine body at the other end, and a first link arm rotatably connected to the rocker arm. A second link arm having at one end a movable support portion rotatably supported by a movable shaft having two connecting portions at one end, and the movable shaft to continuously change the lift amount of the engine valve In a valve operating apparatus for an engine comprising a drive means coupled to a movable shaft so as to be able to displace the position of the first and second coupling parts in parallel with the other end of the rocker arm. In a state where at least the movable support portion is connected closest to the first link arm side, a straight line connecting the first link portion of the first link arm and the side surface of the fixed support portion on the second link arm side is connected to the movable support portion. some of the can, so as to overlap when viewed in a projection plane perpendicular to the axis of the movable shaft, the movable support can accommodate a receiving portion, characterized in that it is formed in the first link arm. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the first link arm includes a pair of first connecting portions sandwiching the rocker arm from both sides, a fixed support portion, and both first connecting portions. And a pair of arm portions connecting between the support portion and the fixed support portion, and is formed in a substantially U shape, and at least a part of the accommodating portion is formed between the both arm portions.

  Furthermore, the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the accommodation portion is formed so as to accommodate at least a part of the movable shaft.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first and second connecting portions at the one end portions of the first and second link arms are connected in parallel to the other end portion of the rocker arm, and therefore the direction along the axis of the camshaft. The rocker arm, the first link arm, and the second link arm can be arranged in substantially the same position, and the valve operating device can be made compact in the direction along the axis of the camshaft. When the movable support portion at the other end of the first member approaches at least the first link arm, the movable support portion is accommodated in the accommodating portion of the first link arm. It is possible to make the valve operating apparatus compact by making the first and second link arms close to each other while making it possible to increase

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first link arm can be made lighter and more compact, and the first and second link arms can be made closer to each other, thereby further reducing the size of the first link arm.

  Furthermore, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the valve operating device can be made more compact by bringing the first and second link arms closer to each other.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on one embodiment of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

  1 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of an engine, taken along line 1-1 of FIG. 2, and FIG. 2 is taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a side view of the variable lift mechanism, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the variable lift mechanism, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the variable lift mechanism, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the lift curve of the engine valve, FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. 3, and FIG. 10 is the relationship between the rotation angle of the control arm and the rotation angle of the sensor arm It is a graph which shows.

  In FIG. 1, an engine body 10 of an in-line multi-cylinder engine E includes a cylinder block 12 having cylinder bores 11 provided therein, a cylinder head 14 coupled to the top surface of the cylinder block 12, and a top of the cylinder head 14. A head cover 16 coupled to the surface, and a piston 13 is slidably fitted to each cylinder bore 11. A combustion chamber 15 facing the top of each piston 13 is a cylinder block 12 and a cylinder head 14. Formed between.

  The cylinder head 14 is provided with intake ports 17 that can communicate with the combustion chambers 15 and exhaust ports 18 that are opened and closed by intake valves 19 and 19 that are a pair of engine valves. Each exhaust port 18 is opened and closed by a pair of exhaust valves 20 and 20, respectively. A stem 19 a of the intake valve 19 is slidably fitted to a guide cylinder 21 provided on the cylinder head 14, and between a spring seat 22 provided on the upper end portion of the stem 19 a and a spring seat 23 abutted on the cylinder head 14. Each of the intake valves 19 is urged in the valve closing direction by a valve spring 24 provided in the valve. Further, the stem 20a of the exhaust valve 20 is slidably fitted to a guide cylinder 25 provided on the cylinder head 14, and between the spring seat 26 provided on the upper end portion of the stem 20a and the spring seat 27 abutted on the cylinder head 14. Each exhaust valve 20.

  Referring also to FIG. 2, an intake camshaft 31 and an exhaust camshaft 32 are provided between a camshaft holder 29 provided in the cylinder head 14 and a camshaft cap 30 coupled to the camshaft holder 29. It is supported rotatably. The intake valves 19 are driven by an intake camshaft 31 via a variable lift mechanism 33, and the exhaust valves 20 are driven by an exhaust camshaft 32 via a lift / timing variable mechanism 34.

  The lift / timing variable mechanism 34 for driving the exhaust valves 20 is well known, and the outline thereof will be described here. One end of a pair of low-speed rocker arms 36, 36 and one end of a single high-speed rocker arm 37 are pivotally supported on the exhaust rocker arm shaft 35 supported by the camshaft holder 29, and the low-speed rocker arms 36, 36 are supported. Two low-speed cams 39, 39 provided on the exhaust camshaft 32 abut on the rollers 38, 38 that are pivotally supported by the intermediate portion of the high-speed rocker arm 37, and the rollers 40 that are pivotally supported by the intermediate portion of the high-speed rocker arm 37 A high speed cam 41 provided on the camshaft 32 abuts. Also, the other ends of the low-speed rocker arms 36, 36 are screwed together with adjustment bolts 42 that come into contact with the stem ends 20a of the exhaust valves 20 so that the advance / retreat position can be adjusted.

  In addition, both the low-speed rocker arms 36 and 36 and the high-speed rocker arm 37 can be switched between connection and release by hydraulic control, and the low-speed rocker arms 36 and 36 and the high-speed rocker arm 37 are connected when the engine E operates at low speed. Is released, the low-speed rocker arms 36, 36 are driven by the corresponding low-speed cams 39, 39, and the exhaust valves 20, 20 are opened and closed with a low lift and a low opening angle. When the low-speed rocker arms 36 and 36 and the high-speed rocker arm 37 are connected during the high-speed operation of the engine E, the high-speed rocker arm 37 is driven by the corresponding high-speed cam 41 and coupled to the high-speed rocker arm 37. 36, the exhaust valves 20, 20 are opened and closed with a high lift and a high opening angle. In this way, the lift and timing of the exhaust valves 20 and 20 are controlled in two stages by the lift / timing variable mechanism 34.

  Next, the structure of the variable lift mechanism 33 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6. The variable lift mechanism 33 includes a first link arm 61 and a second link arm disposed below the first link arm 61. A link arm 62 and a rocker arm 63 are provided.

  The first link arm 61 includes a pair of first connecting portions 61a and 61a sandwiching the rocker arm 63 from both sides, a cylindrical fixed support portion 61b, and a pair connecting the first connecting portions 61a and 61a and the fixed support portion 61b. The arm portions 61c and 61c are formed in a substantially U shape.

  A pair of bolt mounting portions 63a, 63a are screwed into one end portion of the rocker arm 63 so that adjustment bolts 70, 70 abutting from above on the upper ends of the stem ends 19a of the pair of intake valves 19 are screwed so that the forward and backward positions can be adjusted. Is provided. The other end portion of the rocker arm 63 is formed in a substantially U shape so as to open to the intake camshaft 31 side, and a cam contact that rolls and contacts a valve cam 69 provided as a valve cam provided on the intake camshaft 31. A roller 65 as a contact portion is pivotally supported on the other end portion of the rocker arm 34 via the upper pin 64.

  In addition, a rib 63b located between the bolt mounting portions 63a and 63a extends between one end portion of the rocker arm 34 and the other end portion of the rocker arm 34, that is, the portion where the roller 65 is disposed. Projected.

The first connecting portions 61 a and 61 a at one end portion of the first link arm 61 are rotatably connected to the other end portion of the rocker arm 63 via the upper pin 64, The outer surface of the portion facing the intake camshaft 31 and the outer surfaces of the first connecting portions 61a, 61 at one end of the first link arm 61 overlap in a side view , that is, orthogonal to the axis of a movable shaft 68a described later. It is formed in an arc shape centered on the axis of the upper pin 64 so as to overlap each other when viewed on the projection plane (that is, when viewed in FIG. 4) .

  The second link arm 62 is arranged between the both arm portions 61c, 61c of the first link arm 61 when viewed from the direction orthogonal to the straight line L1 connecting the rotation axes of both ends of the first link arm 61. And is formed below the first link arm 61.

  A second connecting part 62 a provided at one end of the second link arm 62 is rotatably connected to the other end of the rocker arm 63 below the upper pin 64 via a lower pin 66. That is, one end portion of the rocker arm 63 having the roller 65 in contact with the valve cam 69 at the upper end on the other end side is interlocked and connected to the pair of intake valves 19. The connecting portions 61 a and 61 a and the second connecting portion 62 a at one end of the second link arm 62 disposed below the first link arm 61 are connected to the other end portion of the rocker arm 63 in parallel vertically. It will be linked movably.

  The fixed support portion 61b at the other end of the first link arm 61 is rotatably supported by a rocker arm shaft 67 fixed to the camshaft holder 29 in the engine body 10, and the second link arm 62 has a movable support portion at the other end. 62b is rotatably supported by the movable shaft 68a. Moreover, the second link arm 62 is formed shorter than the first link arm 61, and the movable support portion 62 b at the other end of the second link arm 62 is shorter than the fixed support portion 61 b at the other end of the first link arm 61. It is arranged at a position close to the intake valves 19.

  The movable shaft 68a is provided on the crank member 68, and the crank member 68 is disposed at both ends of a connecting plate 68b disposed on a plane parallel to the operation plane of the second link arm 62, and the movable shaft 68a and The support shafts 68c are provided at right angles so as to protrude in opposite directions, and the support shafts 68c are rotatably supported in support holes 16a provided in the head cover 16 in the engine body 10.

  Thus, when the rocker arm 63 is in the raised position shown in FIG. 4, that is, when the intake valves 19 are closed, the crank member 68 is supported on the axis C of the lower pin 66 that pivotally supports the lower part of the rocker arm 63. The shaft 68c is arranged coaxially (see FIG. 5). Therefore, when the crank member 68 swings around the axis of the support shaft 68c, the movable shaft 68a is an arc A centered on the support shaft 68c (see FIG. 4). ) Will move on.

By the way, at least in the state where the movable support portion 62b at the other end of the second link arm 62 is closest to the first link arm 61 side, the first connection portions 61a and 61a and the fixed support portion 61b of the first link arm 61 are connected. An accommodating portion 60 capable of accommodating the movable support portion 62b in such a manner that a straight line L2 connecting the side surfaces on the second link arm 62 side and a part of the movable support portion 62b overlap each other when viewed from the projection surface is provided. 1 link arm 61 is formed.

The accommodating part 60 can accommodate a part of the movable support part 62b and can accommodate at least a part of the opening 60a formed between the both arm parts 61c and 61c of the first link arm 61 and the movable shaft 68a. The first link arm 61 is formed in a bowl shape when viewed from the projection surface so as to form the concave portions 60b... Formed.

  The support shaft 68c of the crank member 68 protrudes from the support hole 16a of the head cover 16. A control arm 71 is fixed to the tip of the support shaft 68c, and the control arm 71 is attached to the outer wall of the cylinder head 14. It is driven by an actuator motor 72 as a driving means. That is, the nut member 74 meshes with the screw shaft 73 rotated by the actuator motor 72, and the other end of the connection link 76 that is pivotally supported by the nut member 74 with the pin 75 is connected to the control arm 71 via the pins 77 and 77. Connected to Therefore, when the actuator motor 72 is operated, the nut member 74 moves along the rotating screw shaft 73, and the crank member 68 is moved around the support shaft 68c by the control arm 71 connected to the nut member 74 via the connection link 76. By swinging, the movable shaft 68a moves between the position shown in FIG. 7A and the position shown in FIG. 7B.

  A rotation angle sensor 80 such as a rotary encoder is provided on the outer wall surface of the head cover 16, and one end of a sensor arm 81 is fixed to the tip of the sensor shaft 80a. The control arm 71 is formed with a guide groove 82 extending linearly along the longitudinal direction, and a pin 83 provided at the other end of the sensor arm 81 is slidably fitted in the guide groove 82.

  The screw shaft 73, the nut member 74, the pin 75, the connection link 76, the pins 77 and 77, the control arm 71, the rotation angle sensor 80, the sensor arm 81 and the pin 83 are wall portions protruding from the side surfaces of the cylinder block 14 and the head cover 16. A cover 78 that is housed inside 14a and 16b and covers the end surfaces of the walls 14a and 16b is fixed to the walls 14a and 16b with bolts 79.

  In the variable lift mechanism 33, when the control arm 71 is rotated counterclockwise from the solid line position of FIG. 3 by the actuator motor 72, the crank member 68 (see FIG. 5) connected to the control arm 71 rotates counterclockwise. As a result, the movable shaft 68a of the crank member 68 rises as shown in FIG. When the roller 65 is pressed by the valve cam 69 of the intake camshaft 31 in this state, the four-bar link connecting the rocker shaft 67, the upper pin 64, the lower pin 68 and the movable shaft 68a is deformed, and the rocker arm 63 is moved from the chain line position. It swings downward to the position of the solid line, the adjusting bolts 70, 70 press the stem end 19a of the intake valve 19, and the intake valve 19 is opened with a high lift.

  When the control arm 71 is rotated to the solid line position of FIG. 3 by the actuator motor 72, the crank member 68 connected to the control arm 71 is rotated clockwise, and the crank member 68 is movable as shown in FIG. 7B. The shaft 68a is lowered. When the roller 65 is pressed by the valve cam 69 of the intake camshaft 31 in this state, the four-bar link is deformed and the rocker arm 63 swings downward from the chain line position to the solid line position, and the adjustment bolts 70, 70 are moved. Presses the stem end 19a of the intake valves 19 ..., and the intake valves 19 ... open with low lift.

  FIG. 8 shows the engine valve lift curve of the intake air 19, and the opening angle at the time of high lift corresponding to FIG. 7 (A) and the opening angle at the time of low lift corresponding to FIG. 7 (B) are the same. Only the valve lift is changing. Thus, by providing the variable lift mechanism 33, it is possible to arbitrarily change only the valve lift without changing the opening angle of the intake valves 19.

  By the way, when the crank member 68 is swung by the actuator motor 72 to change the valve lift of the intake valves 19..., The magnitude of the valve lift, that is, the rotation angle of the support shaft 68c of the crank member 68 is detected. It is necessary to feed back to the control of the motor 72. For this purpose, the rotation angle of the support shaft 68c of the crank member 68 is detected by the rotation angle sensor 80. If the rotation angle of the support shaft 68c of the crank member 68 is simply detected, a rotation angle sensor may be directly connected to the support shaft 68c. However, in the low lift region, the intake efficiency is improved by a slight change in the lift amount. Therefore, the rotation angle of the support shaft 68c of the crank member 68 needs to be accurately detected and fed back to the control of the actuator motor 72. On the other hand, in the high lift area, even if the lift amount changes slightly, the intake efficiency does not change greatly, so that a very high accuracy is not required for the detection of the rotation angle.

  The position of the control arm 71 indicated by the solid line in FIG. 9 corresponds to the low lift area, and the position of the control arm 71 indicated by the chain line swung counterclockwise therefrom corresponds to the high lift area. In the low lift region, the pin 83 of the sensor arm 81 fixed to the sensor shaft 80a of the rotation angle sensor 80 is engaged with the distal end side (the side far from the axis C) of the guide arm 82 of the control arm 71. The sensor arm 81 swings greatly only by slightly swinging the arm 71. That is, the ratio of the rotation angle of the sensor shaft 80a to the rotation angle of the crank member 68 is increased, the resolution of the rotation angle sensor 80 is increased, and the rotation angle of the crank member 68 can be detected with high accuracy.

  On the other hand, in the high lift region where the control arm 71 swings to the position indicated by the chain line, the pin 83 of the sensor arm 81 fixed to the sensor shaft 80a of the rotation angle sensor 80 is connected to the proximal end side of the guide groove 82 of the control arm 71 ( The sensor arm 81 swings only slightly even if the control arm 71 swings greatly. That is, the ratio of the rotation angle of the sensor shaft 80a to the rotation angle of the crank member 68 is reduced, and the detection accuracy of the rotation angle of the crank member 68 is lower than that during low lift.

  As apparent from the graph of FIG. 10, when the rotation angle of the control arm 71 increases from the low lift state toward the high lift state, the detection accuracy is increased because the angle increase rate of the sensor arm 81 is high at first. Although it becomes high, it turns out that the said increase rate becomes low gradually and detection accuracy falls.

  As described above, the low lift that requires high detection accuracy is achieved by engaging the sensor arm 81 of the rotation angle sensor 80 with the guide groove 82 of the control arm 71 without using an expensive rotation angle sensor with high detection accuracy. The detection accuracy in the state can be ensured and the cost can be reduced.

  At this time, one end side of the control arm 71 (side closer to the support shaft 68 c) and one end side of the sensor arm 81 (side closer to the rotation angle sensor 80) are arranged close to each other, and a guide groove is formed on one end side of the control arm 71. Since 82 is formed, the length of the sensor arm 81 can be shortened and made compact. Further, if the guide groove 82 is formed on one end side of the control arm 71, the distance from the axis C is reduced, and the amount of movement of the guide groove 82 in the circumferential direction is reduced, but the length of the sensor arm 81 is also shortened. A sufficient rotation angle of the arm 81 can be secured to ensure the detection accuracy of the rotation sensor 80.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In the lift variable mechanism 33 for continuously changing the valve opening lift amount of the intake valves 19..., The first and second link arms 61 and 62 have at one end thereof. The first and second connecting portions 61a, 61a; 62a are connected so as to be relatively rotatable in parallel with the other end of the rocker arm 63 whose one end is interlocked and connected to the pair of intake valves 19. The fixed support 61b at the other end of the arm 61 is rotatably supported by a rocker arm shaft 67 in the engine body 10, and the movable support 62b at the other end of the second link arm 62 is rotatable by a movable movable shaft 68a. It is supported by.

  Therefore, the lift amount of the intake valves 19 can be changed steplessly by displacing the movable shaft 68a steplessly, and one end portions of the first and second link arms 61 and 62 are rotated to the rocker arm 63. It is directly connected so as to be movable, and the space for arranging both link arms 61 and 62 can be reduced, so that the valve operating device can be made compact. The power from the valve operating cam 69 is directly applied to the roller 65 of the rocker arm 63. Since it is transmitted, excellent followability to the valve cam 69 can be ensured. Further, the rocker arm 63 and the first and second link arms 61 and 62 in the direction along the axis of the intake camshaft 31 can be disposed at substantially the same position, and the movement in the direction along the axis of the intake camshaft 31 can be performed. The valve device can be made compact.

  Also, at one end of the rocker arm 63, a pair of bolt mounting portions 63a, 63a to which adjustment bolts 70, 70 abutting against the pair of intake valves 19 are screwed so that their advance / retreat positions can be adjusted are provided. Since the rib 63b disposed between the bolt mounting portions 63a and 63a protrudes from the one end of the rocker arm 63 to the portion where the roller 65 is disposed, the rigidity of the rocker arm 63 can be improved.

  The first link arm 61 includes a pair of first connecting portions 61a and 61a sandwiching the rocker arm 63 from both sides, a fixed support portion 61b, and a pair of arms connecting the first connecting portions 61a and 61a and the fixed support portion 61b. And the second link arm 62 is disposed between the both arm portions 61c and 61c when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the straight line L1 connecting the rotation axes of both ends of the first link arm 61. In this way, the first link arm 61 is lighter and more compact while having a smaller load compared to the second link arm 62, while a larger load than the first link arm 61 is achieved. By making the acting second link arm 62 into a flat plate shape, it is possible to reduce the weight while securing the rigidity of the second link arm 62.

In addition, at least when the movable support portion 62b is closest to the first link arm 61 side, the gap between the first link portions 61a and 61a of the first link arm 61 and the side surface of the fixed support portion 61b on the second link arm 62 side is between. connecting a portion of the straight line L2 and the movable support portion 62b and is so as to overlap as viewed in the projection plane, the movable support portion 62b capable of accommodating housing portion 60 and is formed in the first link arm 61, movable The valve operating device is configured so that the first and second link arms 61 and 62 are close to each other while the displacement amount of the support portion 62b is set to be relatively large so that the variable lift amount of the intake valves 19 can be increased. Can be made compact. In addition, since a part of the accommodating portion 60 is formed between the both arm portions 61c and 61c, the first and second link arms 61 and 62 can be made closer to each other to achieve further compactness. Further, since the accommodating portion 60 is formed so as to accommodate at least a part of the movable shaft 68a, the valve operating device can be made more compact by bringing the first and second link arms 61 and 62 closer to each other. Can do.

  The first and second connecting portions 61a and 61b at one end portions of the first and second link arms 61 and 62 are arranged in parallel vertically with the other end portion of the rocker arm 63 whose one end portion is linked to and connected to the intake valve 19. The second link arm 62 is formed shorter than the first link arm 61, and the movable support portion 62 b at the other end of the second link arm 62 is connected to the first link arm 61. Since the other end of the arm 61 is positioned closer to the intake valve 19 than the fixed support portion 61b, the moment of the reaction force acting on the control arm 71 from the second link arm 62 is measured via the crank member 68. This principle makes it possible to reduce the load on the control arm 71 and the actuator motor 72 and reduce the load on the control arm 71 and the actuator. Trust Etamota 72, can contribute to improvement in durability.

The rocker arm 63 is connected to first connecting portions 61 a and 61 a at one end of the first link arm 61 so as to be rotatable via an upper pin 64, and a roller 65 is pivotally supported via the upper pin 64. The upper pin 64 is configured such that the outer surface of the portion of the rocker arm 63 facing the intake camshaft 31 and the outer surfaces of the first connecting portions 61a and 61a at one end of the first link arm 61 overlap each other when viewed from the projection surface. Is formed in an arc shape centering on the axis of the first link arm 61, so that interference between the rocker arm 63 and the first link arm 61 with the intake camshaft 31 is avoided, and one end portion of the first link arm 61 is compactly arranged. Can be pivotally connected to the rocker arm 63.

  Further, the variable lift mechanism 33 includes a crank member 68 formed by projecting a movable shaft 68a and a support shaft 68c having an axis parallel to the movable shaft 68a at both ends of the connecting plate 68b. Is pivotally supported by the head cover 16 of the engine body 10, the movable shaft 68 a can be easily displaced by rotating the crank member 68 around the axis of the support shaft 68 c, and the actuator motor 72 is movable. The mechanism for displacing the shaft 68a can be simplified.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the claims. It is.

2 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of the engine, taken along line 1-1 of FIG. 2-2 sectional view of FIG. 3-3 arrow view of FIG. Side view of variable lift mechanism Exploded perspective view of variable lift mechanism 6 arrow view of FIG. Action explanatory diagram of variable lift mechanism Diagram showing lift curve of engine valve 3 is an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. Graph showing the relationship between the rotation angle of the control arm and the rotation angle of the sensor arm

Explanation of symbols

19 ... Intake valve 60 as engine valve ... accommodating part 61 ... first link arm 61a ... first connecting part 61b ... fixed support part 61c ... arm part 62 ... first 2 link arm 62a ... 2nd connection part 62b ... movable support part 63 ... rocker arm 65 ... roller 68a as cam contact part ... movable shaft 69 ... cam as valve drive cam 72... Actuator motor L2 as drive means.

Claims (3)

A rocker arm (63) that has a cam abutting portion (65) that abuts on the valve cam (69) and that has one end linked to and coupled to the engine valve (19), and is pivotally connected to the rocker arm (63). A first link arm (61) having a first support portion (61a) at one end and a fixed support portion (61b) rotatably supported at a fixed position of the engine body (10) at one end; The other end of the movable support (62b) rotatably supported by a movable shaft (68a) having a second connecting portion (62a) rotatably connected to the rocker arm (63) at one end. The second link arm (62) and the movable valve (68a) are connected to the movable shaft (68a) so that the position of the movable shaft (68a) can be displaced so as to continuously change the lift amount of the engine valve (19). Driving means (72 In the valve gear of an engine provided with bets,
The first and second connecting parts (61a, 62a) are connected in parallel to the other end of the rocker arm (63) so as to be relatively rotatable, and at least the movable support part (62b) is connected to the first link arm (61). In the state closest to the) side, the straight line (L2) connecting the first link portion (61a) of the first link arm (61) and the side surface of the fixed support portion (61b) on the second link arm (62) side and the above-mentioned a portion of the movable support portion (62b) is, so as to overlap when viewed in a projection plane perpendicular to the axis of the movable shaft (68a), said housing capable of accommodating portion movable support portion (62b) is (60) The valve operating device for an engine is formed on the first link arm (61). The first link arm (61) includes a pair of first connection parts (61a) sandwiching the rocker arm (63) from both sides, a fixed support part (61b), both first connection parts (61a) and a fixed support part ( 61b) having a pair of arms (61c) connecting each other and being substantially U-shaped, and at least a part of the accommodating portion (60) being formed between the arms ( 61c ). 2. The valve operating apparatus for an engine according to claim 1, wherein   The valve operating apparatus for an engine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the housing portion (60) is formed so as to be capable of housing at least a part of the movable shaft (68a).

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