Patent ID: 8635981
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. A valve clearance compensation element with mechanical, automatic readjustment for internal combustion engines, comprising an adjusting bolt that is supported by a thread in a sleeve arranged on a component of the internal combustion engine against a force of a spring with a transfer element that is in active connection with a support head of the adjusting bolt, a spring-loaded gas-exchange valve and a cam of a camshaft driven by the internal combustion engine, and the adjusting bolt has two parts, the support head and a threaded bolt, which are fastened to each other, the threaded bolt has a neck with a circular cylindrical face on which the support head is pressed, and the support head has a casing with a circular cylindrical inner and outer face and that, with said inner face, the casing is in active connection with the threaded bolt.