Patent ID: 8733310

Claim:
A finger follower lever for actuating a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, comprising a lever body formed by two parallel side walls, which are spaced apart, and a transversely extending web which connects the side walls, the web forming in a region of a first end a joint socket which provides pivotable support for the lever body, and defining in a region of a second end a valve actuating surface provided for contact with the gas exchange valve, the side walls accommodating between them, in holes, an axle pin which guides a cam roller rotatably via a needle ring of a needle bearing, and the web defining a downwardly-open U-shaped profile of the lever body together with the side walls, at least between the second end and a positioning region of the cam roller, through which profile the cam roller projects partially via an aperture in the web for contact with a cam on a camshaft, the needle ring projects beyond the cam roller at least at one axial end, and ends directly adjacent to the corresponding side wall of the lever body at the at least one axial end, the web extending at a tangent to a radial extent of the needle ring in the positioning region of the cam roller, and the aperture having a cross section which is defined by an overlap between a first pocket for the cam roller, said first pocket having an extent corresponding to the cam roller in the axial direction, and a second pocket for the needle ring.