Patent ID: 6659056
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: F01L,F02B,F02F

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine valve train, comprising:an internal combustion engine cylinder head having a first side with a plurality of combustion surfaces and a second side spaced from said first side, said cylinder head including a plurality of valve receiving bores formed between said first side and said second side and proximate each of said plurality of combustion surfaces, each of said valve receiving bores includes a valve seat in said first side; a plurality of valves having a head end and a stem end and a stem member extending therebetween, each of said valve receiving bores having one of said plurality of valves moveable therein with said stem member moveably positioned within a portion of said valve receiving bore and said head end removably seated within said valve seat; a plurality of crossheads, each of said crossheads having a plurality of valve receiving arms and a lash adjuster receiving arm; and a plurality of lash adjusters on said second side of the cylinder head, each of said plurality of lash adjuster receiving arms in contact with one of said plurality of lash adjusters and each of said valve receiving arms in contact with the stem end of one of said plurality of valves.