Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valvetrain with rocker shaft housing magnetic latch
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Application No.: US17638844Application Date: 2020-09-10
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Publication No.: US11891923B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Adam Boden , Anthony Leon Spoor
- Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
- Applicant Address: IE Dublin
- Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
- Current Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dublin
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/025405 2020.09.10
- International Announcement: WO2021/047796A 2021.03.18
- Date entered country: 2022-02-27
- Main IPC: F01L1/18
- IPC: F01L1/18 ; F01L9/26 ; F01L13/00 ; F01L13/06

Abstract:
A valvetrain for an internal combustion engine includes a camshaft, an electromagnetic latch assembly, a rocker shaft, and a rocker arm assembly. The rocker arm assembly may include a cam follower configured to engage a cam mounted on the camshaft as the camshaft rotates and a rocker arm configured to rotate on the rocker shaft. The electromagnetic latch assembly may include a pin translatable between a first position and a second position and an electromagnet that causes the pin to actuate. The movement of the pin may provide mode switching for a switching rocker arm, a cylinder deactivating rocker arm, or an engine brake rocker arm. The electromagnet is powered by a circuit that passes through the rocker shaft. The electromagnet may be mounted to the rocker shaft. Running the circuit through the rocker shaft allows the electromagnet to be powered with wiring that remains stationary.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220333507A1 VALVETRAIN WITH ROCKER SHAFT HOUSING MAGNETIC LATCH Public/Granted day:2022-10-20
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