Patent ID: 7055478
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. An intermediate lever for a variable valve train of an internal combustion engine, said intermediate lever comprising a loading end and a pivoting end, a cam contacting surface and a support for a resetting spring, the loading end extending on a front end of the intermediate lever and comprising a sliding surface for making contact with a lever-type valve opener, the pivoting end being designed so as to cooperate with eccentric means for effecting a change of position of the intermediate lever, and the cam contacting surface being arranged between the loading end and the pivoting end, wherein the intermediate lever is made of a thin-walled sheet metal and is manufactured substantially by a punching plus bending method wherein the support is arranged on one of an upper side or an underside of the intermediate lever in an edge region adjoining the loading end and has a convex portion extending towards said one of the upper side or the underside for contact by a leg of a torsion spring constituting the resetting spring, said support being laterally delimited by two guide tabs.