IP Library Granted Patent US 8,167,270
Granted Patent B2
US 8,167,270 · App. 12/309,029 · Granted May 1, 2012

Valve gear with a bearing having a sliding surface against a valve shaft

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Patent No.
US 8,167,270
App. No.
12/309,029
Granted
May 1, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention improves reliability of a valve gear in which a cobalt-based alloy is welded by plasma power building up. The valve gear includes a bearing 2 having a sliding surface against a valve shaft 1 . The valve gear having a welded layer 12 made of heat-resistant cobalt-based alloy, based on plasma powder building up, formed on the sliding surface against the valve shaft 1 . The welded layer 12 includes a first welded layer 12 a formed on the surface of the bearing 2 , having a dilution ratio of 5 to 25% and a second welded layer 12 b formed on the first welded layer 12 a , having a dilution ratio of 50% or less of the dilution ratio of the first welded layer 12 a . The dilution ratio indicates the penetration amount of the welding metal into the base metal, and is a value obtained by B/A×100 (%) wherein A represents the total amount of the welded metal and B represents the amount of the welding metal penetrating into the base metal.

Claims (16)

1. A valve gear comprising a bearing having a sliding surface against

a valve shaft, wherein:

the bearing has a plasma powder building-up welded layer (X) made of a heat-resistant cobalt-based alloy on the sliding surface against the valve shaft;

the valve shaft has a plasma powder building-up welded layer (Y) made of a heat-resistant cobalt-based alloy on a sliding surface thereof against the bearing;

the welded layer (X) formed on the bearing comprises:

a first welded layer formed on the surface of the bearing, having a dilution ratio of 15 to 25%; and

a second welded layer formed on the first welded layer, having a dilution ratio of 50% or less of the dilution ratio of the first welded layer; and

the welded layer (Y) formed on the valve shaft comprises:

a third welded layer formed on the surface of the valve shaft, having a dilution ratio of 15 to 25%; and

a fourth welded layer formed on the third welded layer, having a dilution ratio of 50% or less of the dilution ratio of the third welded layer.

2. The valve gear according to claim 1 , wherein:

the dilution ratio of the first welded layer is 17 to 25%.

3. The valve gear according to claim 1 , wherein:

the dilution ratio of the third welded layer is 17 to 25%.

4. The valve gear according to claim 1 , wherein:

thicknesses of the third welded layer and the fourth welded layer are individually 1.5 to 2.0 mm.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035101/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2009
From: TAKEI, MAO; NISHIMURA, TOSHINARI; HIROHATA, TAKAHIKO; KANIKAWA, MASAYA
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 022620/0433 →