Hydraulic lash adjuster and method for using hydraulic lash adjuster

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PATENT NO 10352203
APP PUB NO 20170218796A1
SERIAL NO

15501390

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Air is restrained from flowing into a high pressure chamber while the number of parts is reduced. A plunger is slidably fitted into a body; a reservoir is formed in the plunger with a communication hole formed in a head section thereof to allow communication between an inside and an outside; a high pressure chamber is formed in the body between the body and the plunger bottom section; an oil supply hole is formed in a plunger circumferential wall section; a return spring is interposed between the body and the plunger; a valve mechanism is disposed on the plunger bottom section; the reservoir is set such that a space continuously extends; and the oil supply hole is oriented outward in the radial direction as compared to an axis of the plunger.

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NITTAN CORPORATIONHADANO-SHI KANAGAWA 257-0031

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ozawa, Hiroyuki Kanagawa, JP 99 1746

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