Patent ID: 7350490
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. Connection element for the captive mounting of a lever-type cam follower, which is used to actuate a gas-exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, on a support element, which has a spherical end, on which the cam follower is pivotably mounted by a concave molding thereof, the connection element comprising a flat material has a central section, on a bottom side of a base of the cam follower facing the support element, the base surrounds the concave molding and connects to side walls of the cam follower, and the connection element forms, with two limbs that are spaced apart from each other and a web connected with the limbs, a U-shaped recess, which is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the cam follower and which surrounds an annular groove below the spherical end in a fork-like manner, the U-shaped recess surrounds the groove orthogonal to a pivoting direction of the cam follower essentially without play, the limbs transition into retaining grips offset by approximately 90° and the web transitions into a support wall offset by approximately 90°, with retaining lugs located on the retaining grips and the support wall, which are engageable on a top side of the base facing away from the support element for holding the connection element on the cam follower, the retaining grips are supported on inner sides of the side walls of the cam follower such that the U-shaped recess is essentially fixed in position in a perpendicular direction relative to the cam follower and in terms of a shape thereof.