Daimler Chrysler Ag

Jurgen Schule

Ulrich Letsche

Dieter Burger

In an operating arrangement for a gas change valve of an internal combustion engine including an electromagnetic structure having an armature which is connected to the valve and which forms an operating piston disposed in a cylinder for reciprocating movement therein between an upper end position in which the valve is closed and a lower end position in which the valve is open, at least a first electromagnet is arranged adjacent the lower end position of the armature for retaining the armature when the electromagnet is energized, a spring is provided for biasing the valve to a closed position and electro-pneumatic means are provided for supplying gas under pressure to an operating chamber at one side of the piston for actuating the piston in a valve opening direction.

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Adelberg, Germany

Jurgen Schule