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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Helmut Engelhardt, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Johann Kecker, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Jorg Michel, Schwarzenbach am Wald, DE;
Helmut Engelhardt, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Johann Kecker, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Jorg Michel, Schwarzenbach am Wald, DE;
INA-Schaeffler KG, Herzogenaurch, DE;
Abstract
A finger lever of a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said finger lever comprising two side walls that are connected to each other by a crossbeam that acts through an underside at one end on at least one gas exchange valve and is mounted at a further end through a concave cavity on a head of a support element, a clip through which the finger lever is fixed in position on said head for displacement in a direction of pivot being applied to said further end, wherein a central section of the clip made of flat material is supported at the further end on the underside of the crossbeam and comprises an opening under the cavity, the head of the support element being retained behind an edge of said opening, each side wall being surrounded on an outer surface by a tab-like extension that starts laterally from the central section and is snapped at an end onto one of an upper side or a support surface substantially parallel to the upper side, so that the end of the extension engages over more than at least one half of a width of the upper side or of the support surface.