Rocker arm arrangement

US10677113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mahle International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Patrick Altherr · Stuttgart, DE
• Herrn R. Kirschner · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01L2305/02
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rocker arm arrangement for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine may include a roller shaft including at least one roll and an adjusting arrangement configured to adjust the roller shaft between a first position and a second position. The rocker arm arrangement may also include a first cam and a second cam respectively having a cam stroke region and an idle speed region and secured to a cam shaft. The adjusting arrangement may include a first engagement pin and a second engagement pin arranged on the roller shaft and adjustable into a switching position and into a home position. The first guide track and the second guide track may be respectively arranged on the cam shaft in a circumferential direction of the cam shaft at least partially overlapping one of the cam stroke region of the first cam and the cam stroke region of the second cam.