Patent ID: 6560867
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling a cylinder head assembly for use with a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine, the cylinder block defining a plurality of combustion chambers defining a chamber pattern; the method comprising the steps of:(a) providing a cylinder head slab to be attached to the cylinder block, and including a predetermined pattern of intake and exhaust poppet valve assemblies corresponding to the chamber pattern defined by the combustion chambers; (b) providing said cylinder head slab with a plurality of bolt holes defining a bolt hole pattern; (c) providing a plurality of valve activation modules A and B in which each of said valve activation modules A and B comprises a housing and a plurality of valve actuators corresponding to said predetermined pattern of intake and exhaust poppet valve assemblies; (d) selecting a module from said plurality of valve activation modules A and B, each of said valve activation modules defining a plurality of bolt holes which correspond with at least a major portion of the bolt holes in said bolt hole pattern defined by said cylinder head slab; and (e) bolting said selected module A or B to said cylinder head slab.