US5325825A
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Finger lever or rocker arm for a valve actuating mechanism of an internal combustion piston engine
Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG and Co KG
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Filing: 1993-10-13
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Granted: 1994-07-05
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Expires: 2013-10-13
Abstract
Abstract A finger lever or a rocker arm (4,25,39) for a valve actuating mechanism (1) of an internal combustion piston engine comprising a roller (5) which rolls against the periphery of a cam (3) and is rotatably mounted on a pin (17) guided in side walls (18,19) of the finger lever or the rocker arm (4,25,39) which is provided with a bore (23) directed towards the periphery of the roller (5) and communicating with a lubricant duct (38), characterized in that the bore (23,27,43) has a diameter of ≦0.5 mm in the region of its smallest cross-section.
Inventors
- 👤 Dieter Schmidt
- 👤 Arndt Ihlemann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 04:44
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01L; F01L1/00; F01L1/12; F01L1/18; F01L1/185; F01L1/181; F01M; F01M9/00; F01M9/10; F01M9/101; F01L2305/00; F01L2810/00; F01L2810/02; F01L2820/00; F01L2820/01; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20576; Y10T74/20882
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A finger lever or a rocker arm (4,25,39) for a valve actuating mechanism (1) of an internal combustion piston engine comprising a roller (5) which rolls against the periphery of a cam (3) and is rotatably mounted on a pin (17) guided in side walls (18,19) of the finger lever or the rocker arm (4,25,39) which is provided with a bore (23) directed towards the periphery of the roller (5) and communicating with a lubricant duct (38), characterized in that the bore (23,27,43) has a diameter of at least one of equal and less than one half of a millimeter in the region of its smallest cross-section and extends essentially tangentially with respect to the periphery of the roller (5, 44).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A finger lever or a rocker arm (4,25,39) for a valve actuating mechanism (1) of an internal combustion piston engine comprising a roller (5) which rolls against the periphery of a cam (3) and is rotatably mounted on a pin (17) guided in side walls (18,19) of the finger lever or the rocker arm (4,25,39) which is provided with a bore (23) directed towards the periphery of the roller (5) and communicating with a lubricant duct (38), characterized in that the bore (23,27,43) has a diameter of at least one of equal and less than one half of a millimeter in the region of its smallest cross-section and extends essentially tangentially with respect to the periphery of the roller (5, 44).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
A rocker arm (39) of claim 1 wherein a second lubricant duct (42) leads from a mounting of the rocker arm (39) to the bore (43) which opens at a surface of the rocker arm (39) which extends tangentially with respect to a roller (44).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A finger lever or a rocker arm (4,25,39) of claim 1 wherein the roller (5,44) is mounted on the pin (17) with the help of a needle bearing (20,47).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A finger lever or a rocker arm (4,25,39) of claim 1 wherein the finger lever or the rocker arm (4,25,39) made as a shaped sheet metal part comprises only side walls (18,19) in its region in which the roller (5,44) is arranged.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
83 words
A finger lever (4,25) of claim 1 wherein a spherical cup (11) on one end of the finger lever (4,25) engages a spherical end portion (10) of a support member (6) comprising a hydraulic lash adjuster (29), and lubricant from an oil reservoir (34) of the hydraulic lash adjuster (29) arranged within the support member (6) is transferred into the bore (23,27) via the lubricant duct (38) which extends partly through the spherical end portion (10) and partly through the spherical cup (11).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
A finger lever (4) of claim 5 wherein projecting outward from the spherical cup (11) of the finger lever (4) is a dome (22) along whose longitudinal center line the lubricant duct (38) configured as a pocket bore (21) extends, the bore (23) being arranged at an angle to this lubricant duct (38). r
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