Valve actuation mechanism and automotive vehicle comprising such a valve actuation mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9163566
APP PUB NO 20140130774A1
SERIAL NO

14127259

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A valve actuation mechanism includes rockers moved by a camshaft, each rocker being adapted to exert a valve opening force on at least a portion of a valve opening actuator of each cylinder, via an activation piston, housed in a bore of the rocker and movable with respect to the rocker under action of a fluid pressure raise in a chamber fluidly linked to the bore, from a first position to a second position, in which a cam follower of the rocker reads at least one auxiliary cam sector of a cam of the camshaft so as to perform an engine operating function. Each rocker includes a reset valve adapted to reduce fluid pressure in the chamber. The valve actuation mechanism includes, for each rocker, a reset cam profile adapted to open the reset valve when the activation piston has to be moved from its second position to its first position, and each reset valve includes a cam follower adapted to drive the reset valve as a function of the movement of the reset profile.

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VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION405 08 GÖTEBORG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Le, Forestier Romain Reyrieux, FR 6 50
Riviere, Romain Pollionnay, FR 2 22

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