Patent ID: 6923151

Claim:
An apparatus for adjusting the stroke of a valve, said apparatus comprising: a camshaft 54 having at least one cam 56 , 58 ; 64 ; a valve lever having an outer lever 6 and an inner lever 4 , wherein said outer lever 6 has an overall U-shaped configuration including two arms 38 , 40 , a crosspiece 44 that interconnects said arms and is arranged and constructed to face a fixed component 60 and an open end opposite of the crosspiece 44 , the valve lever 6 being arranged and constructed such that said open end is disposed closer to a valve stem of said valve 62 than said crosspiece 44 , and wherein at least one of said arms 38 , 40 is provided with an abutment surface 48 , 50 ; 68 , 70 for contacting said at least one cam 56 , 58 , 64 , wherein a first end region of said inner lever 4 is pivotably mounted at said open end of said outer lever 6 , whereby the inner lever 4 extends between said arms 38 , 40 , a second end region of the inner lever 4 is proximal to said crosspiece 44 and is arranged and constructed to be pivotably supported by said fixed component 60 , and said inner lever has an abutment surface 24 for contacting said at least one cam, which abutment surface is disposed between said first and second end regions; and a blocking device 28 , 30 , 32 arranged and constructed to fix said crosspiece 44 to said second end region of said inner lever 4 , wherein said blocking device is disposed in said second end region of said inner lever 4 .