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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1995
Rolf Ohlendorf, Weinstadt, DE;
Hans-Jurgen Strauber, Stuttgart, DE;
Rainer Aust, Boblingen, DE;
Wolfgang Strobel, Remshalden, DE;
Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In an arrangement for operating valves of an internal combustion engine by means of at least two operating members for opening and closing each valve and a camshaft with cams having base portions and camming portions for operating the operating members wherein the operating members for a valve are disposed in side-by-side relation and have guide bores which are aligned when the operating members are disposed on the base portions of the cams and a coupling pin is movable in the guide bores and couples the adjacent operating arms when disposed so as to extend thereacross for movement of said adjacent operating members in unison, the coupling pin is barrel-shaped wife tapered end sections and a center section of a larger diameter which, with the guide bores of the adjacent operating members, forms a cylindrical fit with a clearance of 1-60 .mu.m.