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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Ljupco Trpcevski, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Vanessa Woodiwiss, Windsor, CA;
Rainer Schwinn, Nuremberg, DE;
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/18 (2006.01); F16H 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 25/08 (2013.01); F01L 1/185 (2013.01); F01L 2001/187 (2013.01); Y10T 74/2107 (2015.01);
Abstract
A device for securing a support element to an actuating lever of a valvetrain of an internal combustion. The actuating lever having a socket dome to accept a socket end of the support element and a roller pocket, with the securing device seated on the socket dome, extending through the roller pocket and splitting into two arms that extend on opposite ends of a circumferential groove below the socket end of the support element.