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| 20080314344 | CONTINUOUS VARIABLE VALVE LIFT APPARATUS - A continuous variable valve lift apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a camshaft, an input cam disposed to the camshaft, a variable lever that is rotably connected to the camshaft and includes a first arm including a first connecting shaft and a second arm including a second connecting shaft, a first link rotating around the first connecting shaft corresponding to a rotation of the input cam, an output cam rotating around the camshaft, a valve opening/closing portion that is opened and closed corresponding to a rotation of the output cam, and a connecting portion that is disposed for the output cam to rotate corresponding to a rotation of the first link. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090139492 | VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO APPARATUS - A variable compression ratio apparatus that changes the compression ratio of an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber according to a driving state of an engine, enablements may include a connecting rod receiving the combustion force from the piston; a pin link receiving a part of the combustion force from the connecting rod and rotating the crankshaft; a support link disposed substantially in parallel with the connecting rod; a division link receiving a part of the combustion force from the connecting rod and transmitting the part of the combustion force to the support link; a control link provided with one end coupled to the division link in order to change position of one end of the division link; and an eccentric camshaft coupled to other end of the control link in order to change position of a rotational axis of the control link. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090293825 | VARIABLE VALVE LIFT APPARATUS - A variable valve lift apparatus may include a camshaft having an input cam, a rocker arm shaft disposed in parallel with the camshaft with a distance therebetween, a shaft carrier with a camshaft and a rocker arm shaft, a rocker arm that is mounted on the rocker arm shaft with a first roller contacting the input cam, a first link connected to the rocker arm, an amplification lever with a middle portion thereof connected to the first link and the shaft carrier, a second link connected to the amplification lever, an output cam mounted on the camshaft, one side of the output cam connected to the second link, and a profile portion formed at an exterior circumference thereof, a variable driveshaft rotating the shaft carrier by a predetermined angle, and a valve moved by the profile portion with rotation of the output cam. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100000497 | Variable Compression Ratio Apparatus - A variable compression ratio apparatus may include a connecting rod rotatably connected to the piston so as to receive the combustion force therefrom, a pin link mounted to the crankshaft and rotatably connected to the connecting rod so as to receive the combustion force from the connecting rod and rotate the crankshaft, a connecting link rotatably coupled to the pin link and changing a rotation trace of the pin link with respect to a rotation axis of the crankshaft, an eccentric camshaft provided with first and second shaft portions eccentric from each other and configured to rotate by a predetermined angle according to a driving condition of the engine, a sub control link rotatably connected to the eccentric camshaft about the first shaft portion and rotatably connected to the connecting link, and a main control link rotatably connected to the eccentric camshaft about the second shaft portion and rotatably connected to the connecting link. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100071645 | Continuous variable valve lift apparatus - A continuously variable valve lift apparatus includes an input cam disposed on an input shaft, a valve opening unit, a control shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft, a variable member that contacts the input cam, wherein a relative distance between a contact portion of the variable member and the input cam, and the control shaft is variable according to relative angel changes between the variable member and the control shaft, a driving unit that is connected with the variable member and pivots around the control shaft and a driving cam that is disposed between the driving unit and the valve opening unit and drives the valve opening unit according to the pivoting of the driving unit. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100122677 | Continuous variable valve lift apparatus - A variable valve lift apparatus may include an input unit, a control link disposed to a control shaft, a driving cam that is provided with a contact portion and pivotally disposed to the control shaft, a valve opening unit that contacts the contact portion and is opened and closed in accordance with pivoting of the driving cam, wherein the control link, the input unit and the driving cam are connected by a connecting unit, and contact positions of the valve opening unit and the contact portion are variable according to a relative rotation angle of the control link around the control shaft. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20110079200 | VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO DEVICE - A variable compression ratio device having a piston, a crankshaft, a connecting rod including a small end portion connected to the piston, may include a piston pin fixed to the connecting rod and fixed thereto, a receiving hole formed inside the piston and rotatably receiving the piston pin, wherein the receiving hole includes a convex portion and a concave portion, at least a variable pin slidably coupled to the piston pin and slidably coupled to the interior circumference of the receiving hole, wherein the at least a variable pin has a protrusion, and an oil supply passage selectively supplying oil to apply hydraulic pressure to the at least a variable pin, wherein the protrusion of the at least a variable pin is selectively coupled to the convex portion or the concave portion of the receiving hole. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110108006 | VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO DEVICE - A variable compression ratio device including a piston, a crankshaft, and a connecting rod may include an eccentric bearing that contacts an exterior circumference of the piston pin, wherein an exterior circumference of the eccentric bearing contacts an interior circumference of a ring formed at the small end of the connecting rod, a ratchet rod slidably coupled inside the piston pin and movable along a longitudinal direction, a variable slider that selectively contacts one of both ends of the ratchet rod, and that is disposed at both sides of a cylinder for pushing the one of both ends of the ratchet rod in an opposite direction, and a guide plate for reciprocally moving both variable sliders along a vertical direction of the ratchet rod. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110126806 | VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO DEVICE - A variable compression ratio device that includes a piston, a piston pin, and a connecting rod of which one end is connected to the piston by the piston pin, may include an eccentric ring rotatably coupled in a ring at the one end of the connecting rod, wherein the inner circumference thereof rotatably contacts with the outer circumference of the piston pin, an operating pin that longitudinally reciprocates in the piston pin, variable sliders that selectively contact one of both ends of the operating pin under a cylinder to push the one of both ends to the opposite side, and a guide plate that slidably supports the variable sliders, wherein, one end of a variable shaft selectively rotating is connected to the variable slider and a sliding direction of the variable slider is controlled by the rotation of the variable shaft. | 06-02-2011 |
