Patent · US Expired

Switchable finger lever of a valve train of an internal combustion engine

US7174869B2 · kind B2 · utility

23Cited by

8References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Ina Schaeffler KG · DE

Inventors

Markus Proschko · Baudenbach, DE
Bodo Rorig · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 2004
Grant date	Feb 13, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/2107
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a rocker actuator (1) switchable to different cam travels. The inventive rocker actuator (1) comprises an external lever (2) which is arranged between the arms (3) and to which an internal lever (4) is pivotally connected. Said invention is characterised in that longitudinally movable connecting means (5) are arranged in the internal lever (4) at the level of the end (9) thereof and that said means are inward displaceable in the direction of the end (9) in such a way that they are meshed under the surface of the pusher dog (18) of the transversal element of the external lever (2)

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