Patent ID: 7162983

Claim:
A valve actuator assembly comprising: a movable engine valve; a movable roller finger follower continuously operatively engaged with said engine valve; a rotatable camshaft having a first and a second cam lobe axially displaced from one another; wherein said first cam lobe is of a first profile and wherein said second cam lobe is of a second profile larger than said first profile; a first intermediate finger follower contactable with said first cam lobe and in continuous contact with said roller finger follower; a second intermediate finger follower in continuous contact with said second cam lobe; wherein said intermediate finger followers are pivotable about a common axis; and wherein said second intermediate finger follower is selectively engagable with said first intermediate finger follower for common pivoting therewith; said first intermediate finger follower effecting a first displacement of said engine valve governed by said first cam lobe when said second intermediate finger follower is not engaged with said first intermediate finger follower and said second intermediate finger follower effecting a second displacement of said engine valve greater than said first displacement and governed by said second cam lobe when said second intermediate finger follower is engaged with said first intermediate finger follower.