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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Faheem Ahmed, Troy, MI (US);
Colin Foster, Belle River, CA;
Michael Kugler, Vestenbergsgreuth, DE;
Philipp Streit, Neustadt/Aisch, DE;
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A clip for a switchable roller finger follower that includes a retainer for a hydraulic lash adjuster, and an anti-rotation feature that prevents rotation of a coupling pin is provided. The clip includes a first leg arranged adjacent to a dome-shaped recess on a bottom surface of an outer lever of the switchable roller finger follower that includes a retainer for the hydraulic lash adjuster, and a second leg of the clip includes an anti-rotation bar that extends laterally across a part of the coupling pin and prevents rotation of the coupling pin. A switchable finger follower with the clip is also provided.