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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Norbert Geyer, Hochstadt, DE;
Stefan Dorn, Hollfeld, DE;
Norbert Geyer, Hochstadt, DE;
Stefan Dorn, Hollfeld, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A roller tappet () is proposed for a high-pressure fuel pump of an internal combustion engine, having a housing (), in the case of the drive-side end () of which two surfaces () which lie diametrically opposite one another and are depressed by an outer shell () of the housing () are applied with in each case one receptacle (), in which surfaces () a pin () is mounted which carries a cam roller (), wherein an inner shell () of the housing (), axially below the cam roller () as viewed in the direction remote from the drive, is penetrated by a bridge piece (), the output-side end () of which has a rest () for a tappet following part, wherein the outer shell () of the housing () which is non-stepped as least as far as possible apart from the surfaces () is provided as a closed circumferential ring (), as viewed in the drive direction immediately above upper sides () of the surfaces (), which upper sides () run through the housing () in the manner of chords, which closed circumferential ring () is adjoined by the drive-side end (), and wherein the receptacles () are present in the surfaces () as cut-outs which emanate from their upper sides () and nestle around the pin () in the manner of half-shells.