Lash adjuster

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8973546
APP PUB NO 20140224201A1
SERIAL NO

14175560

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A lash adjuster includes a body, a plunger inserted, into the body and having a bottom wall formed with a valve hole and a peripheral wall standing from the bottom wall and having an oil passage hole, the plunger defining a high-pressure chamber between the bottom wall and the body, a partitioning member inserted into the plunger and having an oil passage end located above the oil passage hole, the partitioning member defining an oil passage between itself and the plunger peripheral wall, the partitioning member having a low-pressure chamber reserving a hydraulic fluid flowing through the oil passage hole, the oil passage and the oil passage end, the low-pressure chamber causing the reserved hydraulic fluid to flow through the valve hole into the high-pressure chamber, and a spacer interposed between the plunger peripheral wall and the partitioning member so that the partitioning member is held in the plunger.

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Patent Owner(s)

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OTICS CORPORATIONNISHIO-SHI AICHI 444-0392

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Oka, Hideki Handa, JP 49 266
Todo, Kimihiko Aichi, JP 13 35

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