Patent 7845326 was granted and assigned to Hyundai Motor Company on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A variable valve lift apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an inner body contacting an input cam, an outer body connected with a valve, a lost motion spring disposed between the inner body and the outer body for supplying restoring force to the inner body, a return pin assembly supplying connecting force to the inner body and the outer body, and an operating portion selectively disconnecting the inner body from the outer body.