Patent ID: 8161936

Claim:
An internal combustion engine comprising: an exhaust valve configured to remove exhaust gas from a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine; a valve bridge configured to support the exhaust valve; a rocker arm configured to displace the valve bridge; an engine braking device comprising: a hydraulic valve control unit arranged between the exhaust valve and the valve bridge connected to an oil feed channel for supplying oil configured to hold the exhaust valve in an intermediate open position when the engine braking device is actuated; a counter-holder configured to furnishing a stop for the valve bridge; a hydraulic valve lash compensation mechanism constructed as a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit for the exhaust valve arranged between the rocker arm and the valve bridge and connected to the oil feed channel for supplying oil; and a control channel connected to the oil feed channel for feeding oil to the hydraulic valve control unit that can be closed by a closure element to compensate for the valve lash of the exhaust valve and the counter-holder configured to adapt the stop to a position of the valve lash compensation mechanism.