Patent ID: 9371780
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: F01L,F02D

Claim Text:
1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: an engine brake; at least one exhaust valve per cylinder; a camshaft; at least one valve lever arrangement configured to actuate the at least one exhaust valve via the camshaft, the valve lever arrangement having an exhaust lever and a brake lever, the exhaust lever having a first exhaust lever part on a camshaft side and a second exhaust lever part on an exhaust valve side, the first exhaust lever part and the second exhaust lever part each configured for rotatable mounting about a lever axis independent of each other and also for rotational connection to each other by a locking element outside of an engine braking operation, the brake lever having a first brake lever part on the camshaft side and a second brake lever part on the exhaust valve side, the first brake lever part and the second brake lever part each configured for rotatable mounting about the lever axis independent of each other and also for rotational connection to each other in the engine braking operation by the locking element; an exhaust cam configured to actuate the exhaust lever; and a brake cam configured to actuate the brake lever, wherein the locking element is configured to be mounted on a middle lever which is configured to be rotatably mounted about the lever axis between the exhaust lever and the brake lever.