An opposed piston engine is provided. The engine includes a mechanism enabling adjustment of a compression ratio of the engine.

An opposed piston engine is provided. The engine includes a mechanism enabling adjustment of a compression ratio of the engine.

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a sliding cam assembly. In particular, a requirement for wear resistance of a hollow tubular portion in which sliding takes place can be satisfied due to a cam piece being fixed to the hollow tubular portion by diffusion bonding while the sliding cam assembly repeatedly slides along a shaft, and each component can be separately machined and combined, thus minimizing an amount which is wasted at the time of machining, reducing the machining time, and rendering a separate heat treatment of a cam piece unnecessary.

A rocker arm assembly includes an outer arm having a first outer side arm and a second outer side arm, each of the first and second outer side arms having a low lift lobe contacting surface, an inner arm having a high lift lobe contacting surface and disposed between the first and second outer side arms, the inner arm having a first end and a second end operably associated with a lash adjuster and defining a latch bore, and a latch assembly arranged at least partially within the latch bore. The latch assembly is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the latch assembly engages the outer arm such that the outer arm rotates with the inner arm, and in the second configuration, the latch assembly disengages the outer arm such that the outer arm rotates independently from the inner arm.

An object is to provide a roller lifter which can maintain a proper dimensional accuracy of an outer diameter. A shaft (25) rotatably supporting a roller (30) is inserted through a pair of opposed portions (21) and swaged to be fixed. A cylindrical portion (61) is disposed to be fixed at a relative position to the opposed portions (21). Upon rotation of a cam (90), the cylindrical portion (61) is reciprocated via the roller (30). The roller lifter (10) includes a first member (20) in which the shaft (25) is swaged to be fixed to the opposed portions (21) and a second member (60) separate from the first member (20) and couplable via a coupling member to the first member (20). The second member (60) includes at least the cylindrical portion (61).

An object is to provide a roller lifter which can maintain a proper dimensional accuracy of an outer diameter. A shaft (25) rotatably supporting a roller (30) is inserted through a pair of opposed portions (21) and swaged to be fixed. A cylindrical portion (61) is disposed to be fixed at a relative position to the opposed portions (21). Upon rotation of a cam (90), the cylindrical portion (61) is reciprocated via the roller (30). The roller lifter (10) includes a first member (20) in which the shaft (25) is swaged to be fixed to the opposed portions (21) and a second member (60) separate from the first member (20) and couplable via a coupling member to the first member (20). The second member (60) includes at least the cylindrical portion (61).

An engine valve for an internal-combustion engine includes: a head part including a main surface facing a combustion chamber of the internal-combustion engine and a valve face coming in contact with a valve seat; a stem part extending along a direction of movement of the engine valve; and a neck part between the head part and the stem part. A material of the stem part is heat-resistant steel. A material of the head part is a high- material such as aluminum, an aluminum alloy, tungsten steel, chrome steel, low-chrome steel, and low-carbon steel.

An apparatus for assembling a composite arrangement including a plurality of functional elements each having an aperture for a shaft, in a predetermined angular position on the shaft, may include a plurality of retaining devices each intended for accommodating a functional element. The retaining devices may be arranged vertically one above another such that the apertures of the functional elements may lie on a vertical line. The apparatus may also include a vertically movable guide slide for the shaft so that a joining of the shaft with the functional elements may take place in a vertical direction. The apparatus may also include a heating device by which at least two functional elements may be heated simultaneously. The apparatus may further include a gripping device by which at least two functional elements which are to be joined may be removed together from the heating device and introduced into the retaining devices.

Methods and systems are described for an engine with a cam torque actuated variable cam timing phaser. Phaser positioning control is improved by reducing inaccuracies resulting from inadvertent spool valve and/or phaser movement when the spool valve is commanded between regions. In addition, improved spool valve mapping is used to render phaser commands more consistent and robust.

A method for controlling valve timing is provided for a turbo engine provided with a continuous variable valve duration (CVVD) device, a two stage variable valve duration device (VVD) and a continuous variable valve timing (CVVT) device. The method includes: classifying control regions; retarding an intake valve closing (IVC) timing and controlling an exhaust valve to limit a valve overlap in a first region; applying a maximum duration to an intake valve and applying a long duration to the exhaust valve in a second region; applying the long duration to the exhaust valve and advancing the IVC timing in a third region; controlling a throttle valve to be fully opened, applying a short duration to the exhaust valve and retarding an exhaust valve opening (EVO) timing in a fourth region; and controlling the throttle valve to be fully, applying the long duration to the exhaust valve and retarding the IVC timing in a fifth region.