Patent ID: 8635979

Claim:
A drag lever for actuating a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, the drag lever comprising an oblong lever body formed of sheet metal material, the lever body having a bottom and side walls integrally formed at an angle onto the bottom on both sides, the bottom extending in a lateral direction between the sidewalls, wherein the lever body has a first end section with a joint socket formed into the bottom between the side walls, wherein the joint socket serves to pivotally moveable support the drag lever on a joint head mounted stationary in the internal combustion engine, the lever body having a middle section with a cam gripping surface, and a second end section with a contact surface extending on the bottom so that the contact surface serves for actuating the gas exchange valve, the lever body being dimensioned so as to have substantially a common width in a cross section through the joint socket and in a cross section through the middle section, wherein the sidewalls are twisted in a transition area between the middle section and the first end section such that an angle of the sidewalk relative to the lateral direction is 90° at the middle section and the angle of the side walls relative to the lateral direction decreases continually from the middle section toward the first end section of the lever body.