US 12,326,102 B2
CDA lifter with hydraulic control feed from outside the engine block
Ryan Krieger, Portage, MI (US); and Bryar Peters, Marshall, MI (US)
Assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/962,882.
Application 18/962,882 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2023/025264, filed on Jun. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/348,632, filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0092804 A1, Mar. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. F01L 1/245 (2006.01); F01L 1/46 (2006.01); F01L 13/00 (2006.01); F02D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC F01L 1/245 (2013.01) [F01L 1/46 (2013.01); F01L 13/0005 (2013.01); F01L 2001/256 (2013.01); F01L 2013/001 (2013.01); F01L 2307/00 (2020.05); F02D 13/06 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lifter assembly, comprising:
a lifter comprising a latching mechanism configured to switch between a latched position and an unlatched position,
a slot arranged on an outer wall of the lifter, the slot comprising an inlet communicating with the latching mechanism, and
a pin operatively coupled to a structure outside the lifter assembly and configured to interface with the slot such that the lifter assembly is prevented from rotating about a lifter axis, the pin comprising a fluid channel configured to be fluidly coupled to the inlet of the slot.