The present invention relates to a coupling device for a valve-actuating device for actuating at least one valve of a reciprocating machine having variable valve lift, in particular for a valve-actuating device of a reciprocating internal combustion engine, to a valve-actuating device and to a reciprocating machine, the coupling device comprising a first coupling element, a second coupling element and a blocking means. The first coupling element and the second coupling element can be displaced relative to one another at least within defined boundaries along a first axis, it being possible for the blocking means to block the relative displacement of the two coupling elements with respect to one another along the first axis at least in a first direction. The blocking means comprises a blocking element, which can be rotated about the first axis in the circumferential direction at least in a defined region, the relative displacement of the two coupling elements along the first axis being blocked at least in the first direction if the blocking element is in a blocking position.

An exhaust valve rocker arm assembly operable in an engine braking mode includes a rocker arm configured to rotate about a rocker shaft defining a pressurized fluid supply conduit, the rocker arm having a fluid supply passage defined therein. An engine brake capsule is disposed in the rocker arm and in fluid communication with the fluid supply passage. The engine brake capsule is configured to selectively move from a retracted position to an extended position where the engine brake capsule engages and partially opens an exhaust valve to perform a bleeder brake operation. A reset pin assembly is configured to selectively drain fluid from the engine brake capsule.

A pivoting flap valve is provided for an internal combustion rotary that produces mechanical torque. The engine includes an annular planar housing with a substantially circular annulus flanked by first and second cavities, an axial shaft, a rotor disposed on the shaft and rotating within the annulus. The valve is disposed within one cavity of said cavities and includes an arc wedge and a pivot shaft. The wedge has outer convex surface and an inner concave surface and a shaft hole between and parallel to the surfaces along a rocking axis. The pivot shaft passes through the shaft hole that enables the wedge to rock back and forth within the cavity in the annular planar housing without interference with the cam block. Each valve includes indents to pass around fore and aft circular wings on a rotor. The engine includes the housing, the rotor, first and second sparkplugs, first and second flap valves, an axial shaft and fore-and-aft covers. The housing includes a quadrilateral symmetry including a substantially circular annulus flanked by first and second cavities. The wings of the rotor intermittently block at least one port while the axial shaft rotates.

A camshaft assembly for attachment to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, the camshaft assembly includes a one-piece camshaft bearing cap having an internal bearing surface sized to receive a portion of a camshaft therein, the internal bearing surface configured to support the portion of the camshaft between 180 degrees and 360 degrees circumferentially. The one-piece camshaft bearing cap is removable from the camshaft to enable line of sight access by an operator to the cylinder head. The internal bearing surface has oil supply grooves fluidly coupled to drillings for operation of a cam phaser assembled with a drive member and the camshaft. Head bolts are used to attach the cylinder head to the engine and are accessible upon removal of the camshaft bearing cap and camshaft. Standard camshaft bearing caps can be assembled with the camshaft and the cylinder head at various attachment points.

An internal combustion rotary engine is provided for producing mechanical torque. The engine includes an annular planar housing, a rotor, sparkplugs, flap valves, an axial shaft and fore-and-aft covers. The housing includes a quadrilateral symmetry including a substantially circular annulus flanked by first and second cavities. The rotor has a cam block sandwiched between fore and aft circular wings. The sparkplugs are respectively accessible to the second cavities. The flap valves rock within the respective cavities and within the cam block. Each valve includes indents to pass around the wings. The fuel intake provides fuel to the cavities. The axial shaft rotates the rotor within the housing. Covers, each having a center orifice and a pair of ports exposed to ambient and respectively adjacent the first and second cavities. The wings intermittently block at least one port while the rotor rotates.

A novel cylinder head arrangement for an in-line four cylinder or eight cylinder engine. A modified arrangement allows additional space for installation of wider rocker arm assemblies used for variable valve lift (VVL), cylinder deactivation (CDA) and other types of variable valve actuation (VVA). In one embodiment, cam towers adjacent the end two cylinders are not used. At least one end support is used, which may be an outboard bearing on a camshaft for each end. The wider rocker assemblies may then be installed. In another embodiment, cam towers adjacent the inner two cylinders are eliminated and a single camshaft support piece with a support bearing is installed between the inner cylinders to provide support for the camshafts. The wider rocker assemblies may then be installed on at least one of the middle cylinders. A novel oil control valve operates latches in switching rocker arm assemblies.

An intake valve device capable of implementing two-stage switching of a gas distribution phase and a diesel engine. The intake valve device comprises a cam (1), a tappet guide rod component (2), a rocker arm (3), a variable valve bridge (7), and an intake valve (12) connected in sequence, and further comprises an intake valve drive piston (5), the intake valve drive piston (5) being capable of abutting against the rocker arm (3), a piston cavity accommodating the intake valve drive piston (5) is provided in the variable valve bridge (7), wherein communication between the high-pressure end of the piston cavity and a main oil path (10) can be established or broken by means of a high-pressure oil path (8), while the low-pressure end of the piston cavity is communicated with the main oil path (10) by means of a low-pressure oil path (11), and in order to ensure the formation of the pressure in the piston cavity to ensure that there is sufficient pressure to open the intake valve (12), an one-way valve (7) communicating from the low-pressure end to the high-pressure end is formed in the piston cavity. The cam (1) is a multi-lift cam having high and low cam molded lines, and can meet the requirements for the gas distribution phase under two working conditions, thereby achieving optimal engine performance and emission target. Moreover, the provided intake valve drive piston (5) and hydraulic oil path implement switching of the lifts of the cam (1).

A method without a calibration step produces a camshaft adjuster including a stator, a rotor rotatable relative thereto and a control valve, wherein the rotor and/or the stator is or are produced according to a powder-metallurgical process, wherein the stator in the region of a fitting surface for contacting the camshaft and/or the rotor in the region of a fitting surface for contacting the camshaft and/or in the region of a fitting surface for contacting the control valve and/or the control valve in the region of a sealing surface is or are produced having a tolerance so that a clearance fit with a maximum clearance of 100 μm is formed between the fitting surface for the camshaft and the camshaft and/or between the fitting surface for contacting the sealing surface of the control valve and the sealing surface of the control valve.

A modular cylinder head is configured for use with combustion engine block configurations each having different valvetrain oiling pathways. Thus, when used with “LA-style” engine blocks, oil receiving/delivery ports provided by the cylinder head are compatibly interfaced with an oil outlet port provided by the engine block, thus allowing oil to pass from the engine block into the head for delivery to a valvetrain carried thereby. Alternatively, when the head is used with “Magnum-style” engine blocks, the oil receiving/delivery ports of the head are not used. Rather, a pushrod and lifter having internal ports are used by the cylinder head to allow oil to pass from the engine block, through the internal ports of the lifter and pushrod, and into the valvetrain.

Presented are variable compression ratio and independent compression and expansion engines, methods for making/operating such engines, and vehicles equipped with such engines. An engine assembly includes an engine block with a cylinder bore defining a combustion chamber, and a piston movable within the cylinder bore. A valve assembly, which is fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber, selectively introduces/evacuates fluid from the combustion chamber. A crankshaft is supported by the engine block and rotatable on a first axis. A multipoint linkage, which drivingly engages the piston to the crankshaft, rotates on a second axis offset from the first axis. A control shaft is supported by the engine block and rotates on a third axis offset from the first and second axes. The control shaft operable to selectively rotate the multipoint linkage on the second axis, and is operable to selectively unseat the valve assembly.