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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Oliver Schnell, Veitsbronn, DE;
Peter Sailer, Erlangen, DE;
Christian Geers, Furth, DE;
Ulrich Elgas, Uehlfeld, DE;
Rainer Pfeufer, Hagenbuchach, DE;
Stefan Weidlich, Hetzles, DE;
Dieter Baumgarten, Bamberg, DE;
Armin Liebel, Weissenohe, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A switchable support element () for a valve train of an internal combustion engine is disclosed, including a housing (), in the bore of which () an axially displaceable inner element () is located, wherein two coupling slides () run in a radial bore () of the inner element () and can be brought into engagement with a driver surface of the housing () in an axially extended position, wherein the extended position is limited by a height stop (), which is formed of a circlip assembly, which runs peripherally on an annular shoulder () of the inner element () and which, in the event of contact, lies radially externally above the upper annular end () thereof in abutment against a lower annular edge () of an annular groove () of the housing () near the upper edge thereof (), and wherein an outer casing () of the housing is enclosed by a rotationally fixed ring as an outer anti-twist mechanism () with an offset bore ().