Patent ID: 6513472
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
A valve train of an internal combustion engine, said valve train comprising a tappet push rod, a tappet, a hydraulic lash adjuster and an uncoupling device for selectively uncoupling the valve train from a lifting motion of a cam, said tappet push rod comprising on a first end, the tappet and on a second end, a contact surface for activating a rocker arm, which tappet can be loaded by the cam and extends in a reception of the internal combustion engine, the lash adjuster and the uncoupling device being arranged in a region of said first and second ends of the tappet push rod, characterized in that the tappet and the uncoupling device are configured together as a single component, the lash adjuster is arranged on the second end of the tappet push rod and comprises the contact surface.