Patent ID: 6341587
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A lever-type cam follower for a valve train of an internal combustion engine comprising:a first and a second side wall connected to each other by a cross-beam, a first bore configured in the first side wall as an insertion bore for a pin for mounting a cam roller, the pin being mounted in the first bore by a first end, a second bore aligned to the first bore being configured for the pin in the second side wall, the pin being mounted in this second bore by a second end, said pin comprising between the first and the second side walls a raceway for the cam roller or for rolling elements of the cam roller, a diameter of the first bore being larger than a diameter of the raceway and also larger than a diameter of the second end of the pin, while a diameter of the second bore is smaller than the diameter of the second end of the pin and has a stepped configuration, an axially inner section of the second bore having a larger diameter than the second end of the pin.