Patent ID: 7219639
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A finger lever of a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said finger lever comprising two side walls that are connected to each other by a crossbeam that acts through an underside at one end on at least one gas exchange valve and is mounted at a further end through a concave cavity on a head of a support element, a clip through which the finger lever is fixed in position on said head for displacement in a direction of pivot being applied to said further end, wherein the clip is made of thin-walled wire material, extends substantially crosswise to a longitudinal axis of the finger lever and bears through a central section against the underside of the crossbeam, said central section being formed by two webs that extend on two sides of a transverse plane that intersects the support element at a center point, said two webs having a semi-circular shape and extending in a diameter reduction of the support element under the head of the support element, the clip being continued through two parallel extensions on an outer surface of each of said two side walls, ends of said extensions being snapped onto one of an upper side of one of the side walls or onto a support surface substantially parallel to said upper side so as to engage more than at least one half of the upper side or of the support surface.