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- Patent Title: Valve actuation system comprising parallel lost motion components deployed in a rocker arm and valve bridge
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Application No.: US17818251Application Date: 2022-08-08
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Publication No.: US11619147B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: John Mandell , Marc B. Silva , Justin D. Baltrucki , P. Douglas Aubin
- Applicant: Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CT Bloomfield
- Assignee: Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Bloomfield
- Agency: Moreno IP Law LLC
- Main IPC: F01L1/26
- IPC: F01L1/26 ; F01L9/10 ; F01L1/18 ; F01L1/46 ; F01L9/40 ; F01L13/00 ; F01L13/06 ; F01L1/22

Abstract:
A valve actuation system comprises a valve actuation motion source configured to provide main and auxiliary valve actuation motions for actuating at least one engine valve via a valve actuation load path. A lost motion subtracting mechanism is arranged in a valve bridge and configured, in a first default operating state, to convey at least the main valve actuation motion and configured, in a first activated state, to lose the main valve actuation motion and the auxiliary valve actuation motion. Additionally, a lost motion adding mechanism is arranged in a rocker arm and configured, in a second default operating state, to lose the auxiliary valve actuation motion and configured, in a second activated state, to convey the auxiliary valve actuation motion, wherein the lost motion adding mechanism is parallel with the lost motion subtracting mechanism in the valve actuation load path at least during the second activated state.
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