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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Charles Chambonneau, Joué lès Tours, FR;
Benoit Hauvespre, Saint Etienne de Chigny, FR;
Charles Chambonneau, Joué lès Tours, FR;
Benoit Hauvespre, Saint Etienne de Chigny, FR;
AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A transmission element according to the invention for an actuating system integrated into an internal combustion engine provides a cam follower including a roller articulated on a shaft mounted on a piston suitable for sliding in a bore formed in a body of the transmission element is provided. The shaft having a body extending around a longitudinal axis, and includes at least one sacrificial tip attached on one of the ends of the body of the shaft. The sacrificial tip is made from a material having a hardness below the hardness of the material of the body defining the bore.