Internal combustion engine
CA 2220282 C · Owner: Barnhardt, Thomas L. · Inventors: Caya, Donald M.; Barnhardt, Thomas L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The internal combustion engine includes a cast cylinder head having as-cast alignment ribs (26, 28) that align a squared-off fulcrum (56) in the rocker assembly. The rocker arm (42) also has two substantially flat surfaces that engage the planar sides of the fulcrum (56) to minimize lateral movement of the rocker arm (42). The fulcrum (56) is received between the cast alignment ribs (26, 28). The ribs are biased from a major axis to insure proper fulcrum alignment during assembly without the use of a jig.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed February 24, 1997 and granted August 27, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 24, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 24, 2019.
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