Patent ID: 7699035

Claim:
A compression release assembly comprising: a camshaft rotatable about a camshaft axis and including a camshaft lobe; a trigger rotatably mounted on the camshaft about a trigger axis, the trigger axis being substantially perpendicular to the camshaft axis and intersecting the trigger between first and second distal ends of the trigger, the trigger including a compression release lobe formed at the first distal end of the trigger proximate to the camshaft lobe; and a counterweight formed at the second distal end of the trigger, the trigger being L shaped and positioning the first and second distal ends on a same side of the camshaft axis; and a spring positioned between the camshaft and the trigger, the spring tending to rotate the trigger about the trigger axis toward an engagement position, wherein when the camshaft is rotating at or above a sufficient velocity, centripetal forces acting on the counterweight overcome spring biasing such that the trigger rotates from the engagement position to a disengagement position.