Patent ID: 8286600

Claim:
An engine valve actuation assembly comprising: a shaft adapted to be coupled to an engine structure and defining a shaft bore: a rocker arm rotationally supported on an outer surface of the shaft and including: a first arm adapted to engage a first lobe of a camshaft and a first engine valve and defining a first longitudinal bore; and a second arm adjacent the first arm, adapted to engage a second lobe of the camshaft and defining a second longitudinal bore; a locking assembly including a first actuation pin extending through a first radial passage in the rocker arm, a second actuation pin extending through a second radial passage in the rocker arm, and a first lock pin located in the first longitudinal bore between the first and second actuation pins; and an actuation assembly located in the shaft bore, being linearly displaceable between first and second actuation positions and including a first actuation member supported on an actuation rod and engaged with the first actuation pin and a second actuation member supported on the actuation rod and engaged with the second actuation pin, the first and second arms being rotatable relative to one another when the actuation assembly is in the first actuation position and being fixed for rotation with one another by the first lock pin when the actuation assembly is in the second actuation position.