Patent ID: 8746208

Claim:
An internal combustion engine formed with at least one combustion chamber in which exhaust gas is produced and the exhaust gas is discharged by way of at least one exhaust valve, comprising: an engine braking device having a hydraulic additional valve control unit integrated into a connecting mechanism connecting the exhaust valve to a camshaft and configured to hold the exhaust valve in a partially opened position when the engine braking device is actuated; a hydraulic valve lash compensating mechanism for the exhaust valve; said connecting mechanism including at least one rocker lever and an intermediate element arranged between said rocker lever and the exhaust valve; said hydraulic additional valve control unit of said engine braking device including a first piston-cylinder unit for a temporary partial opening of one exhaust valve, said first piston-cylinder unit being disposed in or on said intermediate element; said hydraulic valve lash compensating mechanism including a second piston-cylinder unit for counteracting valve lash, said second piston-cylinder unit being disposed in or on said rocker lever; and wherein said first piston-cylinder unit and said second piston-cylinder unit are connected for oil supply to a common oil source, and said first and second piston-cylinder units are each connected to said oil source without the respectively other piston-cylinder unit lying in between.