Patent ID: 8820284

Claim:
A variable valve gear for an internal combustion engine wherein a camshaft is rotatably supported by a pair of cam supporting portions provided in a cylinder head and a pair of camshaft holders formed separately from the cam supporting portions; two exhaust rocker arms driven by the camshaft are swingably supported by a rocker shaft mounted in the pair of cam supporting portions, and disposed adjacent to each other; and a connecting pin is movably inserted into pin holes provided in the exhaust rocker arms by an actuator through a pushrod to connect or disconnect the two rocker arms to or from each other; wherein the pushrod is slidably supported in a through-hole provided in the camshaft holder; the connecting pin is disposed between the pair of camshaft holders; and the connecting pin includes an axis that is offset toward the camshaft with respect to an axis of the pushrod.