Abstract:
Pneumatic valve spring members (10) provide replacement for mechanical springs used to seat engine valves in internal-combustion engines. A valve guide (16) sits atop the engine head 40, allowing the valve stem (12) of valve (14) to pass and reciprocate therethrough. At the distal end of the valve stem (12), a valve retainer (30) is attached to the valve stem (12). The valve retainer (30) is spaced apart from the valve guide (16). A bellows seal flexibly interconnects the valve retainer (30) with the valve guide (16). Upper and lower isolators (52), (50) serve to hold an air cushion about the valve stem (12) adjacent the bellow seal (42). The air cushion (60) serves to maintain and store pressure, lifting the distal end of the valve stem (12) toward the rocker arm (36).
Abstract:
An improved air spring arrangement for an internal combustion engine having three valves per cylinder which are disposed in surrounding relationship to a spark plug. The air spring arrangement is formed by a recess formed in the cylinder head that encompasses each of the valve stems and an insert piece that is inserted into this recess and which defines the bores for the respective air chambers. The supply and relief passages for the air chambers are formed in the insert piece by drilled passages which have a V-shaped configuration to provide a more compact assembly and a less complicated cylinder head arrangement.
Abstract:
A valve operating system for an internal combustion engine has an engine valve having a valve shaft portion and a valve body portion at an end tip of the valve shaft portion. The engine valve is supported on the body of the engine for opening and closing operations. A double cylindrical piston forms an air pressure chamber, with the air pressure biasing the valve in a valve closing direction. A driving member for driving the engine valve in a valve opening direction is operatively connected to the rear end of the valve shaft portion.
Abstract:
A lash compensator for a valve train component of an internal combustion engine is provided that includes an end-cap arranged within a reverse-spring control valve assembly of an axially moveable piston. The piston has a first reservoir and an inner radial wall configured with a through-aperture. The reverse-spring control valve assembly has a control valve housing, a bias spring, an end-cap, and a closing body. The end-cap is configured with a cupped end; an inner side of the cupped end receives a second lower end of the bias spring, and an outer side of the cupped end engages an upper portion of the closing body. The end-cap minimizes or eliminates the variation in flow resistance caused by a variation in end-coil geometry of the second lower end of the bias spring.
Abstract:
A valve assembly includes a valve having a head and a stem. The head is configured to seal against a valve seat. The stem has a distal end. A first piston radially extends from the stem of the valve and is enclosed within a housing. A second piston is fixed to the distal end of the stem and seals against the housing. A first chamber is defined by the first piston, second piston and the housing and receives a compressed gas and maintains a desired gas pressure. A spring device is disposed intermediate the first piston and the housing. During normal operation of the engine, the gas pressure within the first chamber seals the head of the valve against the valve seat with the spring device in a compressed arrangement and wherein during periods of insufficient gas pressure the spring device biases the valve to seal against the valve seat.
Abstract:
Pneumatic system for controlling the valves of an internal combustion engine; the pneumatic system is provided with: a pneumatic accumulator containing pressurized air; a pneumatic manifold; a control device to connect the pneumatic manifold alternatively to the pneumatic accumulator with the internal combustion engine in the high rpm range and to the atmosphere with the internal combustion engine in the low rpm range; a plurality of pneumatic springs, each of which has a variable volume actuating chamber and a piston mounted slidingly inside the actuating chamber; a plurality of connecting conduits, each of which connects the actuating chamber of a respective pneumatic spring to the pneumatic manifold; and a plurality of calibrated cross-sectional portions, each of which has a reduced cross-sectional area and is arranged along a respective connecting conduit.
Abstract:
A poppet valve has a valve head and a valve stem. A piston is capable of reciprocating motion relative to a housing along a reciprocation axis. The piston has a valve-receiving portion for receiving therein an end portion of the valve stem. A cotter secures the valve stem to the piston. A cap is disposed around the valve-receiving portion. A cap lateral portion extends away from the cap end portion in the direction of the valve head. The valve-receiving portion is held between the cap end portion and the cap lateral portion in a direction parallel to the reciprocation axis. At least part of the cap lateral portion is angled toward the reciprocation axis. The part of the cap lateral portion is closer to the reciprocation axis than at least part of the valve-receiving portion. A method of assembling a valve assembly is also described.