Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Rolf Connert

Till Scheffler

Rudolf Kragl

Martin Lorscheid

Klaus Gebauer

Walter Strzoda

Joachim Homeister

Rudi Seethaler

An actuator for actuating a non-camshaft driven lift valve () of an internal combustion engine () includes a reciprocating tappet () that is coupled to the lift valve (), a target ring () being attached to the outer circumference of the tappet, the target ring () having at least one slit and being made as a separate prefabricated part and consisting of an Fe-based material or of a ferritic material.

Actuator for actuating a lift valve

A device for measuring the height of lift of poppet valves, in particular for poppet valves installed in internal combustion engines, with the help of inductive pickups, including a coil in a stationary mount and a metal sleeve which is in flush alignment in the valve shaft and is axially movable in the coil, and the sleeve is secured with axial play within the groove.

Device for measuring the lift of poppet valves

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Munich, Germany

Rolf Connert