A valve bridge for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a bridge operating region via which the valve bridge is configured to be operated by a first rocker arm of the valve train and is movable translationally in a first operating direction;
- a first valve operating region via which a first gas exchange valve of the internal combustion engine is configured to be operated by the valve bridge by operating the valve bridge;
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- a second valve operating region via which a second gas exchange valve of the internal combustion engine is configured to be operated by the valve bridge by operating the valve bridge,
- wherein the first valve operating region has:
- a through opening that is continuous along the first operating direction,
- a first longitudinal region in which the through opening is completely continuously closed in its peripheral direction, and
- a second longitudinal region which is directly connected to the first longitudinal region in the first operating direction and in which the through opening is open along its peripheral direction at a first location in a first opening direction running perpendicular to the first operating direction, and
- wherein the first valve operating region is configured to receive, via the through opening, a valve cap that is held therein independent of the first gas exchange valve by a contour of the valve cap contacting the first valve operating region within the through opening,
- wherein the valve cap is separate from the first gas exchange valve and the second exchange valve, from the first rocker arm, and from the valve bridge and via which the first gas exchange valve is configured to be operated by a second rocker arm of the valve train,
- wherein the first location is covered in a second operating direction opposite to the first operating direction by a collar of the valve bridge arranged in the first longitudinal region, wherein the collar has an extension running along the first operating direction, and
- wherein the valve bridge is configured to be shifted in the second operating direction opposite to the first operating direction relative to the first gas exchange valve, the second gas exchange valve, the valve cap, and the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm into a dismounting position in which, in an idle state of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm and the first gas exchange valve and the second gas exchange valve:
- the second gas exchange valve is arranged completely outside of the second valve operating region;
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- a spacing running along the first operating direction between the second rocker are and the valve cap remaining on the first gas exchange valve when shifting the valve bridge is larger than the extension of the collar.