Patent · US Expired

Connection of a guide rail of a valve actuation device with a camshaft bearing

US5501187A · kind A · utility

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5Claims

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Assignee

INA-WALZLAGER SCHAEFFLER KG · DE

Inventors

Walter Speil · Ingolstadt, DE
Arndt Ihlemann · Herzogenaurach, DE
Johann Kecker · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 1995
Grant date	Mar 26, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02F2001/247
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for the simultaneous actuation of two gas exchange valves (2) of an internal combustion engine comprising a bridge (6) guided movably along a guide rail (8) which, with the interposition of hydraulic valve clearance compensation elements (4), is connected with valve shaft ends (3) of the gas exchange valves (2), a camshaft (16) rotatably supported in the cylinder head (1) by at least one camshaft bearing (15), comprising a bearing block (23) and a bearing cap piece (14) detachably connected thereto and an engine element (12) supporting the guide rail (8) at an upper end thereof, characterized in that the engine element (12) is implemented in one piece with the bearing block (23) and/or the bearing cap piece (14).

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