Abstract:
A simplified intake/exhaust valve assembly for an internal combustion engine which has a change-over operation of operative and inoperative state of the intake/exhaust valve is provided. The intake/exhaust valve assembly comprises a reciprocating valve having a valve stem and a valve head placed at a position at which an inlet/exhaust port opens into a power cylinder of the engine, to open and close the inlet/exhaust port in accordance with an axial movement thereof, a camshaft driven by a crankshaft of the engine, having a cam surface formed on the circumferential surface thereof, a cam follower having a first end associated with an end of the valve stem, a second end which forms a supporting point thereof, and a bearing surface contactable with the cam surface of the cam shaft, the cam follower being adapted to translate a rotation of the camshaft into the axial movement of the reciprocating valve so as to open and close the inlet/exhaust port in accordance with the rotation of the camshaft when the cam follower is made operative, and a support means comprising, a piston plunger having a head portion for supporting the second end of the cam follower, a cylindrical member for slidably receiving the piston plunger and having a hydraulic pressure chamber formed therein, and a retainer member for slidably receiving the cylindrical member, the cylindrical member being axially slidable in the retainer member between predetermined first and second positions in which the cam follower is made operative and inoperative respectively.
Abstract:
A power transmission for a two-wheeled vehicle includes a variable-diameter drive pulley mechanism (2) mounted on a drive shaft (1) connected to an engine (E), a variable-diameter driven pulley mechanism (22) mounted on a driven shaft (18) operatively coupled with a driven wheel (W), and a clutch (36) mounted coaxially on the driven shaft (18) and operatively connected to the driven pulley mechanism (22). The drive and driven pulley mechanisms (2,22) are interconnected by a V-belt (7). The drive and driven pulley mechanisms (2,22) have axially movable members (5,24) located on opposite sides of the V-belt (7) adjacent to the engine (E) and the clutch (36) to allow parallel displacement of the V-belt (7) during the changing of the diameters of the pulley mechanisms (2,22), to prevent belt twisting or distortion and to prevent the belt (7) and pulley mechanisms (2,22) from being loaded while the vehicle is moved around with the engine (E) turned off.
Abstract:
A tensioner acting on and allowing an endless transmission belt, stretched between a driving wheel and driven wheels supported on the body of an internal combustion engine, to run under a constant tension, wherein an oscillating lever supports a tension pulley pressed against a loosening side of the transmission belt and has a base end pivoted on the engine body, and an automatic adjuster connected to a tip end of the lever is supported on a case for a hydraulic pump of the engine. A spacer is interposed between contact portions of the oscillating lever and the engine body, and an outlet of the pump and an oil port of the adjuster are directly communicated. An adjusting screw is provided on the tip end of the oscillating lever and is operatively connected to the upper end of a plunger of the automatic adjuster. An auxiliary spring is further connected to the oscillating lever to assure the transmission belt of the constant tension, and the tension pulley supported on the oscillating lever is pressed against the transmission belt at a location close to the axis of an engine cylinder, that is, almost directly above the driving wheel, to thereby secure a sufficient space for installation of the automatic adjuster outside the pulley.
Abstract:
A cylinder block and head assembly for use in an internal combustion engine includes a closed-deck cylinder block having a deck and a water jacket, a cylinder head mounted on the deck and having a water jacket, and a gasket interposed between the cylinder block and the cylinder head. Communication passages are defined in the cylinder block, the cylinder head, and the gasket and provide communication between the water jackets in the cylinder block and the cylinder head. Recesses are defined adjacent to the communication passages and between the cylinder block and the cylinder head for increasing the pressure on the surfaces of the gasket between the cylinder block and the cylinder head through a reduction in the area of contact between the gasket surfaces and the cylinder block and head. In alternate embodiments the gasket or the cylinder block has holes providing communication between the recesses and the communication passages. Since the pressure on the gasket is increased per unit area, the gasket is highly effective in preventing a cooling liquid or oil from leaking out from between the cylinder block and the cylinder head.
Abstract:
A power transmission for a two-wheeled vehicle includes a variable-diameter drive pulley mechanism (2) mounted on a drive shaft (1) connected to an engine (E), a variable-diameter driven pulley mechanism (22) mounted on a driven shaft (18) operatively coupled with a driven wheel (W), and a clutch (36) mounted coaxially on the driven shaft (18) and operatively connected to the driven pulley mechanism (22). The drive and driven pulley mechanisms (2,22) are interconnected by a V-belt (7). The drive and driven pulley mechanisms (2,22) have axially movable members (5,24) located on opposite sides of the V-belt (7) adjacent to the engine (E) and the clutch (36) to allow parallel displacement of the V-belt (7) during the changing of the diameters of the pulley mechanisms (2,22), to prevent belt twisting or distortion and to prevent the belt (7) and pulley mechanisms (2,22) from being loaded while the vehicle is moved around with the engine (E) turned off.
Abstract:
A front wheel suspension assembly for a motorcycle includes parallel telescoping forks of the hydraulic shock absorber type which straddle the wheel and which are inclined in a forward direction. The bending moment imposed on the telescoping parts by this inclination is partly or fully opposed by a counter bending moment imposed by one or more springs positioned rearward of a vertical plane containing the wheel axis and below a bottom bridge joining the front fork tubes. The purpose is to reduce the frictional resistance between telescoping forks in their axial sliding motion. The springs apply the compensating bending moment between the telescoping parts, or between the lower telescoping fork parts and the frame of the motorcycle.
Abstract:
A hydraulic shock absorber of the type having a cylinder and a piston with axial passages therethrough. The piston is mounted to slide within the cylinder. Valve plates having orifices therethrough are provided to control flow through the axial passages of the piston. Certain of the valve plates are situated to operate together with a variable effective orifice on the downstream side of the axial passages and to act with a fixed effective orifice as check valve plates when the flow is reversed. The composite valve thus defined offers a smooth and properly sloping velocity-resistance curve. The shock absorber also includes a foot valve assembly controlling flow between the interior of the cylinder and an annular oil reservoir outside the cylinder. The foot valve assembly may have two check valves for controlling flow through two sets of foot valve passages or it may employ a check valve spring which changes from a "V" shape to a flat shape to cover orifices in a check valve plate.