Indiana Inventors Develop Hydraulic Valve Actuation System with Valve Lash...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 6, 2008 ;     284 words ......drive pin connects with and defines a valve lash with a valve stem of the valve. The hydraulic...operation. The hydraulic actuator adjusts the valve lash during one or more rest periods. By adjusting the valve lash during the rest periods, the hydraulic...

Car's rattle might not be result of valve tap, If problem exists only on...

Charleston Daily Mail;  October 24, 2005 ;     480 words ......car is running, and not just during acceleration, then it probably is valve tap, more commonly known as "valve lash." RAY: "Valve lash" is just another term for "slop," or "your engine is wearing out." TOM: When your engine runs, there's something...

FORD PROBE TELLING HER IT'S GETTING UP IN YEARS.(Wheels)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 20, 2007 ;     486 words ......whenever the car is running, and not just during acceleration, it probably is valve tap, more commonly known as valve lash. Ray: Valve lash is just another term for slop, or, in other words, your engine is wearing out. Tom: When your engine runs...

QDear Tom and Ray: I drive a ...

The Washington Post;  October 23, 2005 ;     554 words ......car is running, and not just during acceleration, then it probably is valve tap, more commonly known as "valve lash." RAY: "Valve lash" is just another term for "slop," or "your engine is wearing out." TOM: When your engine runs, there's something...

High production grinder.(Grinding & finishing: technology focus)

Production Technology News;  May 1, 2004 ;     92 words ......Opus ID Grinder is ideal for grinding many components in the automotive industry, such as constant velocity joint components, valve lash adjusters, universal joint cups, transmission components, wheel hubs, AC compressor mounts, and connecting rods. In addition...

Special section--camshafts and valvetrains: Valvetrain maintenance

National Dragster;  March 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......right from the beginning," he said. '"Trust me, it's for your own good. Scheduled inspection of valve lash is a must because a decrease in valve lash, unless it is caused by a loose adjuster, is often a signal of a fatigued valve, which means...

German Inventors Develop Hydraulic Valve Lash Adjuster

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 27, 2007 ;     298 words ...ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 27 -- Peter Sailer of Erlangen, Germany, and Oliver Schnell of Veitsbronn, Germany, have developed hydraulic valve lash adjusters. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In hydraulic valve last...

German Inventors Develop Valve Train Hydraulic Valve-Lash-Adjusting...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 16, 2006 ;     351 words ......Schnell of Veitsbronn, Germany, have developed a hydraulic valve-lash-adjusting element for a valve train of an internal combustion...Office, the invention relates to a "reverse spring hydraulic valve-lash-adjusting element for the valve train of an internal combustion...

German Inventors Develop Valve-Lash-Adjusting Element

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 7, 2008 ;     261 words ......of Veitsbronn, Germany, have developed a setting method for valve-lash-adjusting element. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark...designed as valve ball, of a control valve of a hydraulic valve-lash-adjusting element which has a plunger with a plunger head...

Michigan Inventor Develops Internal Combustion Engine Hydraulic...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 10, 2007 ;     314 words ...ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 -- Donald R. Haefner of Troy, Mich., has developed a hydraulic valve-lash-adjusting element (HVA) for the valve train of an internal combustion engine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office...

Achievements.(SUPP)(General Motors Corp.)(Brief article)

Automotive News;  September 15, 2008 ;     208 words ......focus headlamp * Chrome-plated trim * Cooling system thermostat * Freon refrigeration * 2-cycle diesel engine * Hydraulic valve lash adjuster * Precision engine bearings * Winter-grade lubricating oil * High-compression engine * Aluminum-coated engine valves...

British Inventors Develop Rocker Arm Clearances Automatic Setting...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 10, 2006 ;     367 words ......Office: "A method for automatically setting valve clearances in internal combustion engines (also known as 'tappet setting' or 'valve lash setting') comprises a series of steps in which a rocker arm is set to a zero position that is recorded as a reference datum...

German Inventors Develop Internal Combustion Engine Valve Train

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 11, 2007 ;     329 words ......comprising an elongate anti-rotation bridge acting as a retention device and a mounting aid and comprising receptions for valve lash adjusters arranged spaced behind one another. A valve adjuster configured as a roller tappet is arranged in each reception...

MITSUBISHI REFINES '98'S.(1998 INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  October 16, 1997 ;     303 words ......for the 1998 model lineup: MIRAGE -- The heavy-duty starter and battery are new. -- The 1.8-liter engine receives automatic valve lash adjusters for smoother operation. ECLIPSE -- Seat bolster fabric is new. -- The gray interior package has a black instrument...

German Inventors Develop Valve Train

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 19, 2006 ;     260 words ......hydraulic lash adjustment in the entire timing train, in which oil is delivered from the oil supply space of the hydraulic valve-lash adjuster to the valve rocker arm via a hollow push rod, a choke limiting the oil discharge, the choke being designed in such...