Patent ID: 7350492
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. A guide gib for use with an internal combustion engine for preventing rotation of a valve tappet, with flattened portions, about a central longitudinal axis of the valve tappet, the guide gib comprising: an elongated plastic support having a longitudinal wall with a plurality of elongated openings through the wall, the openings arranged at intervals one behind the other for passage of the valve tappet through the openings; an elongated metallic inlayed part mounted in each of the openings, the elongated metallic inlayed part having two elongated flattened portions positioned longitudinally in each of the openings for bearing against the flattened portions of the valve tappet thereby preventing the valve tappet from rotating about the central longitudinal axis of the valve tappet.