Patent ID: 6543402
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
A retainer clip for holding together members of a valve actuator assembly, said clip comprising:a U-shaped body having first and second legs interconnected at first ends by a resilient segment, said first and second legs adapted to resiliently engage opposite sides of a wall of a rockable actuator member; said first leg including a guide recess having a clip edge adjacent a second end of said first leg in guiding engagement with a first side of said wall; said second leg including a gripping recess adjacent a second end of said second leg, and having opposing resilient edges adapted to frictionally grip nearly opposite sides of a cylindrical member upon engagement of the cylindrical member with a socket in a second side of said wall and said resilient edges frictionally gripping said cylindrical member at points nearly aligned on an axis intersecting with and normal to the axial center line of the cylindrical member whereby said retainer clip is adapted to frictionally retain said cylindrical member in said socket of the rockable actuator member in a subassembly positioned for installation in a valve train; and whereby substantially only said clip edge of said guide recess contacts said first side of said wall at a point inward from said axial center line of the cylindrical member thereby imposing a downward force on a valve stem after said subassembly is installed in said valve train.