Patent ID: 7073470

Claim:
A variable valve apparatus of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a rocker shaft pivotally provided in an internal combustion engine, and provided with an eccentric shaft rendered eccentric; a cam provided below said rocker shaft, and rotationally driven by a cam shaft; a support shaft disposed at a height equal to or lower than a height of said rocker shaft; pivoting elements for pivoting said rocker shaft; and opening and closing elements driven by said cam for opening and closing an intake valve or an exhaust valve, and wherein said opening and closing elements comprises a first arm rockingly supported by said rocker shaft, and being capable of driving said intake valve or said exhaust valve, a second arm rockingly supported by said eccentric shaft, and driven by said cam, and a third arm rockingly supported by said support shaft, and displaced by rocking of said second arm for driving said first arm.