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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Stephan Moeck, Pretzfeld, DE;
Michael Kress, Lonnerstadt, DE;
Stephan Moeck, Pretzfeld, DE;
Michael Kress, Lonnerstadt, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a finger follower, or lever () of a valve train, for example of a piston-type internal combustion engine, with a lever body () having an end-sided base web (), on which there is a spherical cap-shaped bearing cup () for an articulated mounting on a bearing pin of a housing-sided support element, said bearing pin terminating as a spherical cap; and on this base web is fastened a retaining clamp (), engaging with an annular groove of the bearing pin, in order to secure the finger follower () on the support element in such a way that said finger follower can move to a limited extent.