Patent ID: 7757647

Claim:
A variable valve apparatus of an internal combustion engine comprising: a camshaft provided rotatably in an internal combustion engine; a cam formed in the camshaft; a rocking cam provided movably in the combustion engine and driven by the cam; a intake valve or an exhaust valve driven by the rocking cam; a control shaft which is rotatably provided side by side with the camshaft in the combustion engine, and has an oil passage inside to flow oil; a control arm whose one end is held by the control shaft, and the other end is projected from the control shaft; an actuator which rotates the control shaft, and displaces the control arm; a transmission arm which is rotatably connected to the other end of the control arm, and transmits the displacement of the control arm to the rocking cam; and a lubricant passage which is provided inside the control arm, and supplies oil in the oil passage of the control shaft to a part connecting the control arm and transmission arm.