Patent ID: 9482118
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: F01L,F02M,F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A tappet comprising a tubular housing that holds, in an area of a ring end face thereof, a roller that is supported on a pin, said pin is supported at ends thereof in flat areas indented from an outer lateral surface of the tubular housing, wherein, in the tubular housing, a bridge part or beam for an at least indirect contact of a tappet follower element is provided axially underneath the roller, the tubular housing is made from an extruded profile piece profiled on an inner lateral surface thereof, and viewed in a circumferential direction of the tubular housing, at least two thick wall and two thin wall profile segments are provided that are diametrically opposed to each other and the flat areas are located in the thick wall profile segments, and the tubular housing defines a clear opening between the at least two thick wall and two thin wall profile segments viewed in an axial direction.