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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Christian Geers, Fuerth, DE;
Wolfgang Christgen, Seukendorf, DE;
Manfred Straetz, Leesten, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A mechanical bucket tappet () for a valve driver of an internal combustion engine having a hollow cylinder-shaped wall () which is delimited at one frontal area () by a disk-like bottom () whose top side () is provided as a cam stop face and which comprises a central, funnel-like recess (), wherein a dome-like one-piece catch () aligned with the recess () projects from a lower side () of the bottom (), the underside () of said catch being used for putting on a valve stem and wherein the funnel-like recess () is sealed near or at the top side () of the bottom (), so that the bottom () comprises a central encasement ().