Patent ID: 8584640
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A finger follower ( 1 ) of a valve train, of a piston-type internal combustion engine, with a lever body ( 2 ) having an end-sided-based web ( 4 ), in which there is a spherical cap-shaped bearing cup ( 8 ) for an articulated mounting on a bearing pin of a housing-sided support element, said bearing pin terminating as a spherical cap; and on the end-sided-base web ( 4 ) is fastened a retaining clamp ( 9 ), engaging with an annular groove of the bearing pin, in order to secure the finger follower ( 1 ) on the support element in a way that said finger follower can move to a limited extent, wherein the retaining clamp ( 9 ) is designed as a sheet metal retaining clamp having the following features: a sheet metal spring frame ( a retaining tab ( a retaining bracket (