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Cam follower

US8522643B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Dorn · Hollfeld, DE
Norbert Geyer · Hochstädt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 3, 2011
Grant date	Sep 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 3, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

A cam follower for a high-pressure fuel pump of an internal combustion engine, which has a cam roller that is accommodated in a pocket of the cam follower. The cam roller has a bore and the bore is mounted by on a pin which is seated at the ends in receptacles of opposite walls of the pocket. The cam roller runs with its end sides directly in front of the walls. Each end side of the cam roller takes the form of an outer surface of a spherical zone, and each wall is smooth and straight, at least in the region of its run-on piece at the respective end side of the cam roller.

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