Abstract:
The clearance compensation element (5) of a hydraulic tappet (1) is retained axially in cam-remote direction by an axial extension (11) of a guide element (10) which extends radially inwards from the housing (2). The cam-remote end of the axial extension (11) comprises a diameter enlargement (14) in which a Belleville-type spring washer (16) with a radially outwards acting retention force is arranged to achieve a positioning of a pressure piston (7) of the clearance compensation element (5).
Abstract:
A tappet for the valve drive of an internal combustion engine comprising a hollow cylindrical housing arranged with its thin-walled jacket for axial displacement and a receiving bore of a cylinder head which is optimized with respect to its reliability and its operating weight while at the same time, using a thin-walled element to delimit the annular oil reservoir by a reliable manufacturing method.
Abstract:
A novel inner element for hydraulic valve play compensation element for irnal combustion engines comprised of a cylindrical element (1) closed at one end, (2) a piston element (3) guided therein for longitudinal displacement and a helical spring (8) in the cylindrical element (1) bearing against the inner surface of the closed end (2) and against the piston element (3) characterized in that the bore (4) of the cylindrical element (1) is provided adjacent to the closed end (2) with an increased diameter (9) and contiguous to the end of piston element (3) at the closed end (2) of the cylindrical element (1) is a structural element (8,10) provided with at least one projection (11) engaging the increased diameter (9) of the bore (4).
Abstract:
A self-adjusting hydraulic valve tappet arranged in a guide bore of a cyler head of an internal combustion engine and contacted at one end face by a control cam and abutting with a second end face against the end of a valve stem, the tappet consisting of a cup-shaped housing (1) comprising a hollow cylindrical wall (2) closed at one end by an end member (3) against the outside of which the cam abuts, and a cylindrical guide sleeve (6,28) concentric with the cylindrical wall (2), characterized in that the guide sleeve has at a point distant from the end member (3) an intake port (26,31,53) that opens into a duct extending to the end member (3), which is defined, on the one hand, by the outer surface of the outer piston (16) and, on the other hand, by the bore of the guide sleeve (6), and an oil transfer port (19,34) leading into the centric oil reservoir (18) is provided at the end of the inner piston (17) facing the end member (3).
Abstract:
A cup-shaped casing of a self-adjusting hydraulic tappet for overhead camft internal combustion engines, the casing comprising a hollow cylindrical outer part (1) closed at one end by an end member (3) and disposed concentrically therein a hollow cylindrical inner element (4) sealingly connected at its end distal from end member (3) to the bore of the outer part (1) by an annular flange (5), the actual clearance-compensating element (9) being guided in inner element (4) and having around it an annular oil reservoir (10) bounded radially by cylinder wall (2) of outer part (1) and bounded axially by end member (3) of outer part (1) and by flange (5), the outer generated surface of outer part (1) being provided with a peripheral groove (7), characterized in that peripheral groove (7) is axially at least as far from end member (3) as the transition between flange (5) and cylinder wall (2) of outer part (1) and an axial groove (11) starts from peripheral groove (7) at at least one place on the periphery and extends to near the oil reservoir (10) or a chamber (14) communicating therewith and its end zone communicates by through bore (12,17) with the oil reservoir (10) or the chamber (14).
Abstract:
A valve tappet for internal combustion engines with an overhead cam shaft veably mounted in the sliding guide directly between the cam and valve stem and which is designed as an automatic play compensating element comprising an outer part and an inner part guided in one another for longitudinal displacement and enclosing between them a pressure chamber connected by a non-return valve to an oil storage chamber charged with oil from the lubricating system of the engine, the outer part cooperates with the sliding guide and the cam and the inner part cooperates with the valve stem, the oil storage chamber being arranged inside the outer part so that it extends exclusively in the radial direction around the inner part and having in its lower portion an oil feed bore and at least one oil transfer bore to the pressure chamber, an oil carrying passage adjoining the oil feed bore inside the oil storage chamber opening freely into the oil storage chamber in the upper portion thereof, the oil carrying passage being formed by the inner surface of the outer wall of the oil storage chamber and by a sheet metal element corresponding with said inner surface.
Abstract:
The inventions provides a method of making a lever-type cam follower (2) out of thin-walled light-weight sheet metal for loading at least one gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, said cam follower comprising two side walls (12a, 12b) which, together with a crossbeam (11) that connects these side walls to each other, form a U-shaped cross-sectional profile pointing away from the gas exchange valve, the cam follower further comprising two finger-like tabs (5a, 5b) for receiving a stem end of the gas exchange valve, which tabs are configured on one end (3) of the cam follower (2) as extensions of the side walls (12a, 12b) and are bent through 180° onto an undersurface (9) of the crossbeam (11), said method comprising the following steps which may be supplemented with further intermediate steps: a) punching out a blank (1) out of sheet metal with the tabs (5a, 5b) being bulged outward in arc-shaped curves that are configured as mirror images of each other in respect of a central longitudinal axis (4) of the cam follower (2), b) bending or deep drawing the side walls (12a, 12b) so that they extend at right angles to the crossbeam (11), and c) bending the tabs (5a, 5b) onto the undersurface (9) of the crossbeam (11). By punching out the tabs (5a, 5b) with arc-shaped curves, as described in step a), waste of sheet metal is reduced because the blank has a shorter length.
Abstract:
A lever-type cam follower (1) of a thin-walled material like sheet metal is proposed. It has a simply structured valve stem guidance in the region of one of its ends (5). The guidance comprises a separate securing element (6) with a basically U-shaped cross-section. A web (9) of the securing element (6) bears against a crossbeam (3) of the cam follower (1) and possesses an opening (11), for example punched, for receiving a valve stem.
Abstract:
A finger lever for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said finger lever being made by shaping without chip removal and comprising two side walls (5,6) which are connected to each other in a first end region (1) by a first bottom wall (4) to form an upwardly open U-shape, the first bottom wall (4) comprising a downwardly facing semi-spherical recess (7) for receiving a support element, said side walls (5,6) being connected to each other in a second end region (2) by a second bottom wall (11) to form an upwardly open U-shape, said second bottom wall (11) comprising a contact surface for a valve stem of a gas exchange valve (12), and the contact surface comprising lateral guides spaced apart from each other characterized in that, in the region of the contact surface of the valve stem (12) and/or in the region of the semi-spherical recess (7), the side walls (5,6) comprise partially punched-out sections (14) that are bent through nearly 180° toward the valve stem (12) and/or toward the support element respectively, so that retaining tabs (13) are formed for the lateral guidance of the finger lever on the valve stem (12) and/or on the support element
Abstract:
In a tappet (1) of a valve train of an internal combustion engine, the leakage of hydraulic medium occurring between its reception bore (6) and skirt (2) is to be reduced. To achieve this, the tappet (1) of the invention comprises an anti-rotation device (22) and, at the same time, a supply of hydraulic medium from a supply gallery (21) to an annular oil reservoir (17) is effected directly, i.e. annular grooves and other oil deflecting measures are dispensed with. An aperture (19) in the skirt (2) for the supply of hydraulic medium can, at the same time, be advantageously arranged in a bottom-proximate region thereof.