Bridge assembly having motion-limited valve

• Main Authors: Kumar Sanjay, Pipis, Jr. John Stephen, Cyborski David Andrew, Langewisch Edwin H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.07.2017
• Subjects: ACTUATING-FLOATS; BLASTING; COCKS; CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STEAM ENGINES; TAPS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; VALVES; WEAPONS

A bridge assembly is disclosed for use with an internal combustion engine. The bridge assembly may have a valve bridge, a cylindrical housing disposed within the valve bridge, and a plunger disposed in the cylindrical housing and protruding from the valve bridge. The bridge assembly may also have a valve housing, a post located inside the valve housing, a plurality of obliquely angled ports passing through a straight annular wall portion of the valve housing, and a plurality of radially oriented ports passing through a tapered annular wall portion of the housing. The bridge assembly may further have a valve seat disposed at least partially inside the plunger, a ball disposed within the valve housing and movable between a distal end of the post and the valve seat, a first spring disposed over the post, and a second spring disposed within the cylindrical housing.