Patent ID: 7093572

Claim:
A roller finger follower rocker arm assembly for variably activating a gas valve in an internal combustion engine having a cam lobe having a central portion flanked by first and second outer portions, comprising: a) a follower body having means for engaging an hydraulic lash adjuster of said engine at a first end of said body and having means for engaging said gas valve at a second end of said body and having a first passage formed in said body defining first and second sidewalls and having first and second elongated openings formed in said first and second sidewalls, respectively; b) a member disposed in said first passage for movement relative to said follower body, said member having a transverse bore; c) a shaft disposed in said bore and extending through said first and second elongated openings; d) at least one roller disposed on said shaft for rotation outside said follower body for engaging at least one of said first and second outer portions of said cam lobe; and e) a latching mechanism disposed in said follower body for selectively latching and delatching said member to said body.