Patent ID: 7096835
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. A valve train device of an engine for swinging a rocker arm, which is pivotally disposed on a rocker arm support shaft, to drive a valve for opening and closing a valve opening in a combustion chamber, the device comprising a drive device for driving the rocker arm, an intermediate member disposed between the drive device and the rocker arm, the intermediate member configured to transfer a driving force of the drive device to the rocker arm, and a displacement device configured to displace a contact point between the rocker arm and the intermediate member to continuously adjust at least one of the valve opening duration and valve lift, the displacement device including a moveable portion that is coupled to an arm, a portion of the arm moving about a first axis, wherein the displacement device is configured such that at least one of the valve opening duration and valve lift is increased as the moveable portion is displaced farther from the first axis.