Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Guide assembly for valve lifters of engines
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Application No.: US15663870Application Date: 2017-07-31
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Publication No.: US10247052B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Craig P. Hittle , Eric L. Schroeder
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Main IPC: F01L1/14
- IPC: F01L1/14 ; F02F7/00 ; F01L1/46

Abstract:
A guide assembly for a valve lifter of an engine. The valve lifter is at least partly received within a bore of a body of the engine and an end portion of the valve lifter is exposed to an outside of the body. The guide assembly includes a pin and a guide. The pin is adapted to be fixedly coupled to the end portion of the valve lifter, while the guide is adapted to be coupled to the body. The guide defines a channel. The pin is received within the channel and cooperates with the channel to facilitate a movement of the valve lifter along an axis of the bore and to restrict a rotation of the valve lifter about the axis of the bore.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190032520A1 GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR VALVE LIFTERS OF ENGINES Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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