Patent attributes
A variable valve train apparatus (20) has a formed on a camshaft, a rocking cam driven by the cam, an intake valve or an exhaust valve driven by the rocking cam, a control shaft provided for rotation and side by side with the camshaft, a control arm having one end held on the control shaft and the other end projecting from the control shaft, an actuator which rotates the control shaft to displace the control arm, a transmission arm connected to the other end of the control arm for rocking motion around a rocking axis in substantially the same direction as an axial direction of the control shaft and transmits a displacement of the control arm to the rocking cam, and an adjustment mechanism which adjusts a distance between an axis of the control shaft and the rocking axis of the transmission arm.
