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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Florin Bugescu, Canton, MI (US);
Florin Bugescu, Canton, MI (US);
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
Device for coupling two valve activating levers of an internal combustion engine with at least one carrier body () mounted on the internal combustion engine, wherein at least one hollow shaft () in which oil of the internal combustion engine is stored is attached to the carrier body, and a coupling pin () is supported parallel to the hollow shaft () in each of the valve activating levers () and is spring loaded on one side and loaded by pressurized fluid on the other side in such a way that the coupling pin () connects or releases the valve activating levers (), wherein control of the pressurized fluid that is taken advantageously from the oil circuit of the internal combustion engine is realized by at least one electromagnetically activated valve () and wherein the supply of pressurized fluid is realized by channels () that are provided in the carrier body () or carrier bodies of the internal combustion engine.