Avelino P Moya

US Patent:

6532925, Mar 18, 2003

Filed:

Mar 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/095247

Inventors:

Avelino Moya - Malone WI

Assignee:

Tecumseh Products Company - Tecumseh MI

International Classification:

F01L 310

US Classification:

123 9065, 123 9066, 123 9067, 12318817, 267158, 251337

Abstract:

A bias element which urges the valves in an internal combustion engine into their closed positions and includes a pair of arms and a bight portion connecting the two arms. Each arm has an aperture therein with at least one arm having an aperture that is keyhole-shaped, or having a first portion and second portion that is larger than the first portion. The arm which has the keyhole-shaped aperture is in operative biasing engagement with the end portion of a valve stem and the keyhole-shaped aperture engages the valve stem in that the first portion of the aperture lockingly engages the neck portion of the valve stem. The other arm is engages the shank portion of the valve stem.