Patent ID: 8584640

Claim:
A finger follower ( 1 ) of a valve train, of a piston-type internal combustion engine, with a lever body ( 2 ) having an end-sided-based web ( 4 ), in which there is a spherical cap-shaped bearing cup ( 8 ) for an articulated mounting on a bearing pin of a housing-sided support element, said bearing pin terminating as a spherical cap; and on the end-sided-base web ( 4 ) is fastened a retaining clamp ( 9 ), engaging with an annular groove of the bearing pin, in order to secure the finger follower ( 1 ) on the support element in a way that said finger follower can move to a limited extent, wherein the retaining clamp ( 9 ) is designed as a sheet metal retaining clamp having the following features: a sheet metal spring frame ( 13 ), comprising two parallel longitudinal arms ( 10 a , 10 b ), which engage laterally with the annular groove of the bearing pin, and two connecting webs ( 11 , 12 ), which connect the two parallel longitudinal arms ( 10 a , 10 b ) on a face end, and said sheet metal spring frame rests against the end-sided-base web ( 4 ) of the lever body ( 2 ) on the bearing side in the region of the spherical cap-shaped bearing cup ( 8 ); a retaining tab ( 14 ), which is formed on an inner connecting web ( 11 ) and which comprises a retaining web ( 15 ), which is bent substantially upwards at right angles, and a retaining clip ( 16 ), which is formed on an end side, and which rests against and is locked on an inner edge ( 18 ) of the end-sided-based web ( 4 ), and, a retaining bracket ( 17 ), which is formed by outer ends of the two parallel longitudinal arms ( 10 a , 10 b ) and an outer connecting web ( 12 ), and ends of said retaining bracket being bent upwards at right angles; and said retaining bracket encircles a tab ( 21 ), which is formed on an outer edge ( 20 ) of the end-sided-based web ( 4 ) and projects in the longitudinal direction.