Switching element for a valve train of an internal combustion engine

US7464680B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ina Schaeffler KG · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Geyer · Hochstädt, DE
• Peter Sailer · Erlangen, DE
• Oliver Schnell · Weisendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 20, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01L2305/00
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention proposes a switching element (1) for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, particularly for valve deactivation, with a simple-to-implement measure for adjusting the coupling lash of its coupling means (8) in a receptacle (6) using two retaining rings (19, 20), one of which is stocked in a variety of thicknesses.