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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2014
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Stefan Dorn, Hollfeld, DE;
Norbert Geyer, Hochstadt, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A tappet () having a tube-like housing (), which in the region of one of the end faces () thereof receives a roller () running on a pin () and serving for contact with a periodic stroke generator. The pin () is mounted via the ends () thereof in a flat () that is indented from an outer surface () of the housing, wherein in the housing (), axially beneath the roller (), means () are provided for an at least indirect bearing of a tappet follower member. The housing () is formed of an extruded profile having profiling on the inner surface () of the housing (), wherein, viewed in a circumferential direction of the housing (), at least twothick-wall profile segments and two thin-wall profile segments () are present. The thick-wall profile segments lie diametrically opposite each other and the thin-wall profile segments lie diametrically opposite each other, and the flat portions () are located in the thick-wall profiled segments ().