Variable valve mechanism of internal combustion engine

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PATENT NO 9879577
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15079545

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A variable valve mechanism of an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of swing members and a variable device that displaces a control shaft to displace a plurality of slider gears of the swing members at a time, thereby changing valve lifts of the plurality of swing members at a time by meshing of helical splines. The swing members include a first swing member for a predetermined cylinder of a plurality of cylinders and a second swing member for a cylinder other than the predetermined cylinder, and a helix angle of the helical splines varies between the first and the second swing members. The variable device displaces the control shaft to a predetermined normal position to perform a normal operation, and displaces the control shaft to a predetermined cylinder cutoff position to perform a cylinder cutoff operation in which the second swing member does not drive a valve.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571
OTICS CORPORATION10 HAMADASHIMO NAKABATA-CHO NISHIO-SHI AICHI-KEN 444-0392

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hiramatsu, Naoki Nishio, JP 25 48
Kikuoka, Shinichiro Toyota, JP 14 80
Maezako, Takayuki Nishio, JP 6 18
Sugiura, Masatoshi Nishio, JP 32 345
Tani, Masaaki Toyota, JP 25 129
Yamaguchi, Koki Nishio, JP 19 30
Yuge, Motohiro Toyota, JP 6 9

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