Claims
- 1. A lightweight valve for an internal combustion engine comprising:(a) a valve stem; (b) a valve cone connected at an upper end to said valve stem; and (c) a valve disk connected to said valve cone, said valve disk and said valve cone jointly forming a cavity, said valve disk having a radially interior portion forming a connection with an end of said valve stem selected from the group consisting of: (i) the end of said valve stem resting directly against said valve disk; (ii) the end of said valve stem resting directly against a support integral with said valve disk; and (iii) said valve stem being integral with said valve disk; wherein each of said valve disk and said valve cone has a wall thickness less than one-third the diameter of said valve stem and the ratio of the wall thickness of said valve cone to the wall thickness of said valve disk is less than 0.7.
- 2. The lightweight valve according to claim 1 wherein the valve stem is welded to said valve disk.
- 3. The lightweight valve according to claim 1 wherein said valve stem has a larger stem diameter at the level of said valve cone.
- 4. The lightweight valve according to claim 3, wherein the larger stem diameter forms a conical end welded flush with said valve cone.
- 5. The lightweight valve according to claim 1 wherein the support is molded on said valve disk and supports said valve disk against said valve stem.
- 6. The lightweight valve according to claim 1 wherein said valve cone is integral with said valve disk.
Priority Claims (1)
Number |
Date |
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Kind |
198 04 053 |
Feb 1998 |
DE |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Applicants claim priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of German Application No. 198 04 053.9 filed Feb. 3, 1998. Applicants also claim priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 of PCT/EP99/00561 filed Jan. 28, 1999. The international application under PCT article 21(2) was not published in English.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
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Kind |
PCT/EP99/00561 |
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WO |
00 |
Publishing Document |
Publishing Date |
Country |
Kind |
WO99/40295 |
8/12/1999 |
WO |
A |
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