Pierburg Gmbh

Sabine Siebrandt

Karsten Grimm

Martin Nowak

Christoph Sadowski

Hans-Ulrich Kühnel

Michael Breuer

Stephan Schmitt

A valve drive includes a transfer arrangement with an intermediate lever arrangement having a first roller element and an intermediate lever, and a drag lever arrangement having a drag lever. The first roller element is connected to a circumferential contour of a camshaft. The intermediate lever includes a second roller element and a working curve connected to the drag lever. A slotted guide is provided for the intermediate lever arrangement which is engaged by a guide roller element. A torsion spring element with first and second ends engages the intermediate lever arrangement. The first end rests on the cylinder housing portion. The second end acts on a counter bearing rigidly connected with the intermediate lever. The first and second roller element axes are arranged to introduce a force into the intermediate lever which presses the guide roller element against the slotted guide and the first roller element against the camshaft.

Mechanically controllable valve drive

A spring arrangement for a variable valve drive of an internal combustion engine includes an intermediate lever, a control shaft, a control shaft roller, a working cam contour, and a spring element. The intermediate lever comprises a contact surface, a camshaft roller which bears against a camshaft, and a slot roller which bears against a slotted guide. The control shaft roller is arranged on the intermediate lever to face away from the slotted guide. The control shaft roller bears against the control shaft. The working cam contour is formed at an end of the intermediate lever opposite the camshaft roller. The spring element comprises a force component on the contact surface in the direction of the camshaft and the slotted guide, and an end leg. The spring element loads the camshaft roller against the camshaft and the slot roller against the slotted guide. The end leg bears against the contact surface.

Spring arrangement for a variable valve drive of an internal combustion engine

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