Patent ID: 8622035

Claim:
A valve drive control device for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, for controlling operation of a valve drive, the device comprising at least one control armature element ( 10 ), and a slide control element ( 11 ) connected to the control armature element ( 10 ) provided for a coupling to a control gate ( 12 ) of a cam element ( 13 ) for controlling the axial position of the cam element ( 13 ) on the camshaft, and a coupling unit ( 14 ) arranged at one end ( 21 ) of the control armature element ( 10 ) for coupling the control armature element ( 10 ) and the slide control element ( 11 ) movably to each other with at least one degree of freedom the slide control element ( 11 ) the form of an elongated slide shoe pivotally joined to the control armature element ( 10 ) by the coupling unit ( 14 ).