Patent ID: 7044094

Claim:
A valve-lift device of an internal combustion engine comprising: a pivotable lever capable of being driven by a camshaft, said lever having an axis of rotation displaced in a slotted-link track fixed to a housing and a valve actuation means, wherein said lever has, at a first end, a roller capable of being driven by the camshaft and, at a second end, a slotted-link roller capable of being moved along a working curve in a slotted link, the slotted link being designed as an engagement surface of the valve actuation means, a center of rotation of said lever being provided between the roller and the slotted-link roller, and the center of rotation of said lever and a supporting axis of the valve actuation means being arranged on a vertical axis in an operating position, and, wherein, in order to set a valve lift, an axis of rotation is displaced in the slotted-link track fixed to the housing.