WO2003074842A1 - Rocker arm shaft for an automobile engine - Google Patents
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- WO2003074842A1 WO2003074842A1 PCT/KR2003/000426 KR0300426W WO03074842A1 WO 2003074842 A1 WO2003074842 A1 WO 2003074842A1 KR 0300426 W KR0300426 W KR 0300426W WO 03074842 A1 WO03074842 A1 WO 03074842A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/12—Transmitting gear between valve drive and valve
- F01L1/18—Rocking arms or levers
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/26—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of two or more valves operated simultaneously by same transmitting-gear; peculiar to machines or engines with more than two lift-valves per cylinder
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/02—Valve drive
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T403/21—Utilizing thermal characteristic, e.g., expansion or contraction, etc.
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- Y10T403/21—Utilizing thermal characteristic, e.g., expansion or contraction, etc.
- Y10T403/217—Members having different coefficients of expansion
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- Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
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- Y10T74/20882—Rocker arms
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- the present invention relates to a rocker arm shaft for an automobile engine that may be installed at a base such as a cylinder head of the automobile engine.
- crankshaft typically include a crankshaft, a camshaft and a rocker arm shaft.
- the crankshaft is connected with a plurality of piston rods, which in turn are connected with a plurality of corresponding pistons. Reciprocating movement of the pistons within corresponding combustion cylinders causes rotation of the crankshaft.
- the crankshaft is typically interconnected with the camshaft via a gear set and thereby rotatably drives the camshaft during operation.
- the camshaft includes a plurality of cams, with each cam being associated with an inlet valve, and an exhaust valve or a fuel injector valve.
- the rocker arm shaft carries a plurality of rocker arms, with each rocker arm having a roller follower that engages a corresponding cam on the camshaft. Rotation of the camshaft causes oscillatory pivotal movement of the rocker arms around the rocker arm shaft.
- the rocker arm shaft is a hollow pipe, and it may be inserted into a plurality of shaft holes formed through the cylinder head. Since fixing caps are threaded into predetermined shaft holes formed at positions adjacent to both ends of the cylinder head, the rocker arm shaft is rigidly fixed to the shaft hole, respectively.
- a problem with a conventional rocker arm shaft for the automobile as described above is that the length of the rocker arm shaft may be changed due to thermal expansion.
- a heat is generated during operation of the automobile engine, it is transmitted to the cylinder head, which in turn is transmitted to the rocker arm shaft and thereby the length of the rocker arm shaft is changed.
- the rocker arm shaft may be twisted or be bent within the shaft holes formed at the positions adjacent to the cylinder head.
- the cylinder head is broken down due to the thermal expansion of the rocker arm shaft, since the rocker arm shaft is fixed in the shaft hole by means of the fixing cap. If thermal expansion of the rocker arm shaft proceeds continuously, both ends of the rocker arm push the fixing caps and thereby the fixing caps may be forcibly released from the shaft holes.
- the present invention has been developed to solve the above-mentioned problems. It is an object of the present invention to provide to a rocker arm shaft for an automobile engine capable of effectively offsetting change of length thereof that is caused by heat.
- the present invention provides a hollow rocker arm shaft for an automobile engine, in which the rocker arm shafts are fitted into a plurality of shaft holes formed in a cylinder head of the automobile engine, and in which fixing caps are threaded into a part of the shaft holes, which are positioned at both ends of the cylinder head, characterized in that: the rocker arm shaft is divided into at least two shafts, respectively, in which an elastic member is located between the rocker arm shafts, when the length of the rocker arm shafts is changed by heat, and then the elastic member offsets the change of the length.
- the rocker arm shaft is divided into a first shaft and a second shaft, respectively.
- a receiving groove for receiving the elastic member is formed at a one end of the second shaft of the rocker arm shafts.
- the rocker arm shaft for the automobile engine according to the present invention can effectively offset change of the length of the first shaft and the second shaft of the rocker arm shaft, which is caused by heat during operation of the automobile engine.
- FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a rocker arm shaft for an automobile engine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the rocker arm shaft for the automobile engine shown in FIG. 1 , showing the assembled state of the rocker arm shaft;
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the portion "A" as illustrated in FIG. 1 ,
- FIG. 4 is a view as in FIG. 3 showing the elastic member after the transformation of the rocker arm shaft due to heat.
- FIG. 1 The rocker arm shaft for the automobile engine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. Furthermore, the assembled state of the rocker arm shaft is best seen in FIG. 2. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of shaft holes 12 are formed through an interior of a cylinder head 10 for an automobile engine (not shown) according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. A screw thread is formed at a radial interior surface of the shaft holes 12 which are located at positions adjacent to both ends of the cylinder head 10. A through hole 26 is formed through the interior of a rocker arm shaft
- the rocker arm shaft 20 for the automobile engine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the rocker arm shaft 20 is located in the through hole 26 and thereby it is not exposed to the outside.
- the rocker arm shaft 20 may be divided into at least two shafts.
- the rocker arm shaft 20 is divided into a first shaft 22 and a second shaft 24. Alternatively, it may be divided into at least three shafts.
- An elastic member 30 comprises a coil spring or a heat resistance elastic rubber.
- the elastic rubber is fitted into a receiving groove 28 of the second shaft 24. At this time, a part of the elastic member 30 protrudes from the receiving groove 28 of the second shaft 24.
- a plurality of fixing caps 40 are threaded into the shaft holes 12 formed at positions adjacent to the both ends of the cylinder head 10, respectively.
- the first shaft 22 and the second shaft 24 of the rocker arm shaft 20 are located in the shaft holes 12 of the cylinder head 10, together with the elastic member 30. Under this state, the rocker shaft 20 and the elastic member 30 are not exposed to the outside of the cylinder head 10.
- rocker arm shaft 20 for the automobile engine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail, the operation of the rocker arm shaft can be understood as follows.
- the fixing cap 40 is fitted into the shaft hole 12, which is formed at the utmost rear side among the shaft holes 12 formed in the cylinder head
- the second shaft 24 of the rocker arm shaft 20 is fitted into the shaft hole 12 of the cylinder head 10.
- the elastic member 30 is fitted into the shaft hole 12 of the cylinder head 10.
- the first shaft 22 of the rocker arm shaft 20 is fitted into the shaft hole 12 of the cylinder head 10.
- a part of the elastic members 30 is fitted into the receiving hole 28 formed in the through hole 26 of the second shaft 24 of the rocker shaft 20.
- the fixing cap 40 is threaded into the shaft hole 12, which is formed at the utmost front side among the shaft holes 12 formed in the cylinder head 10.
- the first shaft 22 and the second shaft 24 of the rocker arm shaft 20 are tightly contacted with the fixing cap 40 that is threaded into the shaft hole 12 of the cylinder head 10 by means of the elastic member 30.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the portion "A" as illustrated in FIG. 1 ,
- FIG. 4 is a view as in FIG. 3 showing the elastic member 30 after the transformation of the rocker arm shaft 20 due to heat.
- the cylinder head 10 is heat-expanded by heat generated from the automobile engine during operation thereof.
- the heat of the cylinder head 10 is transmitted into the first shaft 22 and the second shaft 24 of the rocker arm shaft 20.
- the first shaft 22 and the second shaft 24 of the rocker arm shaft 20 begin to be heat-expanded by heat transmitted from the cylinder head 10. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the first shaft 22 and the second shaft 24 of the rocker arm shaft 20 push the center portion of the elastic member 30 from both ends of the elastic member 30 so as to compress the elastic member 30 there between.
- heat generated from the automobile's engine (not shown) is transmitted to the first shaft 22 and the second shaft 24 of the rocker arm shaft 20, the total length of the first shaft 22 and the second shaft
- the rocker arm shaft for the automobile engine since the rocker arm shaft for the automobile engine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is neither bent nor twisted, the cylinder head is not damaged, and the fixing cap is not released from the shaft hole.
- the elastic member installed between the first shaft and the second shaft offsets the increased length of the first shaft and the second shaft of the rocker arm shaft, which is caused by heat generated during operation of the automobile engine.
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Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE60311780T DE60311780T2 (en) | 2002-03-05 | 2003-03-05 | SWINGARM SHAFT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINE |
EP03708702A EP1490585B1 (en) | 2002-03-05 | 2003-03-05 | Rocker arm shaft for an automobile engine |
US10/506,451 US7093574B2 (en) | 2002-03-05 | 2003-03-05 | Rocker arm shaft for an automobile engine |
CA002478531A CA2478531C (en) | 2002-03-05 | 2003-03-05 | Rocker arm shaft for an automobile engine |
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KR1020020011540A KR20030072018A (en) | 2002-03-05 | 2002-03-05 | Structure for shock absorbing of rocker arm shaft for automobiles |
KR10-2002-0011540 | 2002-03-05 |
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KR (1) | KR20030072018A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2478531C (en) |
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