Patent ID: 6962134
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: F01L,F01M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rocker arm shaft and rocker arm assembly comprising: a rocker arm shaft retainer including: an elongated contoured sheet-like body having two opposite ends, two opposite sides longer in length than said ends, and a central portion between said sides; a plurality of fingers extending from said central portion towards said sides, each finger having a contoured recess for engaging a rocker shaft; said fingers defining slots for receiving rocker arms; a plurality of thrust faces along edges of said fingers for axial positioning of rocker arms on a rocker shaft; and a plurality of bosses disposed on said fingers, each of said bosses having a generally flat surface and including an aperture therethrough; two rocker arm shafts; each of said rocker arm shafts including apertures therethrough correspondingly disposed in relation to said apertures of said bosses along one of said sides of said sheet-like body; a plurality of rocker arms disposed on each of said rocker arm shafts; a plurality of fasteners; and a lifter oil manifold; said rocker arm shaft retainer mating with said rocker arm shafts along said recesses of said fingers; wherein said rocker arms are received in said slots of said retainer, said apertures of said rocker arm shafts are aligned with said apertures of said bosses, and each of said fasteners is inserted through one of said apertures of said bosses and corresponding apertures of said rocker arm shafts, thereby positioning said rocker arms along each of said rocker arm shafts, and at least some of said fasteners are received in said manifold, thereby fastening said retainer and said rocker arm shafts to said manifold and retaining said rocker arm shafts.