US Patent:
20200300129, Sep 24, 2020
Inventors:
- Dublin, IE
Jiri Cecrle - Prague, CZ
Dale Arden Stretch - Novi MI, US
Michael J. Campbell - Scotts MI, US
Tomas Drabek - Prague, CZ
Austin Robert Zurface - Dowling MI, US
Robert Philip Benjey - Cedar MI, US
Eric John Yankovic - Augusta MI, US
Brian Karl Vandeusen - Augusta MI, US
Nicholas Peter Gillette - Ceresco MI, US
Michael James Stanton - Hastings MI, US
Thomas Michael Tembreull - Homer MI, US
Anthony Leon Spoor - Union City MI, US
International Classification:
F01L 1/22
F01L 1/053
F01L 1/18
F01L 13/00
F01L 1/24
F01L 3/24
Abstract:
A valvetrain for an internal combustion engine of the type that has a combustion chamber, a moveable valve having a seat formed in the combustion chamber, and a camshaft includes a rocker arm assembly, a pivot providing a fulcrum for a rocker arm of the rocker arm assembly, and a latch assembly. An electrical device mounted to the rocker arm assembly receives power or communicates through a circuit that includes an electrical connection formed by abutment between surfaces of two distinct parts. The rocker arm assembly is operative to move one of the two abutting surfaces relative to the other in response to actuation of the cam follower. Forming an electrical connection through abutting surfaces that are free to undergo relative motion may reduce or eliminate the need to run wires to a mobile portion of the rocker arm assembly.