ENGINE VALVE ACTUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING REDUCED PRESSURE COMMON RAIL AND DEDICATED ENGINE VALVE - Patent 1483484

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EP 1 483 484 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.10.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	08.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/50

(21)	Application number: 03735064.2

(22)	Date of filing: 30.01.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F01L 9/02

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/002634

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/064820 (07.08.2003 Gazette 2003/32)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO

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Priority:

30.01.2002 US 352275 P

(71)	Applicant: Diesel Engine Retarders, Inc.
	Christiana, DE 19702 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	YANG, Zhou South Windsor, CT 06074 (US) STAWSKI, Frank Bristol, CT 06010 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & SchwanhäusserAnwaltssozietät
	Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	ENGINE VALVE ACTUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING REDUCED PRESSURE COMMON RAIL AND DEDICATED ENGINE VALVE