Patent ID: 7712443
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A switchable cam follower of a valve train of an internal combustion engine, comprising: an outer lever and having an inner lever which is arranged between the side walls of said outer lever, which inner lever has between its arms a roller, which is mounted on a journal, as a mating running face for a lifting cam, with a rest for a gas-exchange valve being intrinsic to the cam follower at an underside at one end, and a pivot bearing being intrinsic to the cam follower at an underside at the other end, with the levers at one of the ends running on a common axle and having, at an end remote from the axle, longitudinally extending receptacles which are aligned with one another in the cam base circle, with a coupling means being arranged in at least one of the receptacles, which coupling means, for coupling the levers, is movable in sections into the opposite receptacle, wherein the journal is mounted in a “floating” fashion in the inner lever and, with one extension each, extends marginally beyond the arms of the inner lever, with upper sides of the extensions bearing, in the coupled state, against undersides of stop faces which are formed on inner faces of the side walls of the outer lever.