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AssigneeSchaeffler KG
InventorsHenning Karbstein, William Carter, David Kehr
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The invention proposes a valve train of an internal combustion engine comprising a tappet (7) and a tappet pushrod (1) that is actuated by said tappet (7), said tappet pushrod (1) being at least partly hollow and comprising on one end (3), a first support (4) for an at least indirectly contacting pressure piston (5) of a hydraulic lash adjuster (6) of said tappet (7) that follows a periodic driving element, typically a cam. A second support (9) for a follower member (2), typically a rocker arm, is arranged on a further end (8) of the tappet pushrod (1). The first support (4) comprises a passage (10) for hydraulic medium that can be routed out of the pressure piston (5) during operation of the internal combustion engine into an interior (11) of the tappet pushrod (1), wherein a pipette means (12) is installed in the tappet pushrod (1) for retaining a hydraulic medium column during a standstill of the internal combustion engine. Through the pipette means (12) of the invention, an additional volume of hydraulic medium is available for a rapid filling of the reservoir enclosed by the pressure piston (5) with pressure medium after a re-starting of the internal combustion engine, so that a proper lash adjusting operation is guaranteed from the very beginning.
A valve train of an internal combustion engine comprising a tappet and a tappet pushrod that is actuated by said tappet, said tappet pushrod being at least partly hollow and comprising on one end, a first support for an at least indirectly contacting pressure piston of a hydraulic lash adjuster of said tappet that follows a periodic driving element, typically a cam, a second support for a follower member, typically a rocker arm, being arranged on a further end of the tappet pushrod, said first support comprising a passage for hydraulic medium that can be routed out of the pressure piston during operation of the internal combustion engine into an interior of the tappet pushrod, wherein a pipette means is installed in the tappet pushrod for retaining, during a standstill of the internal combustion engine, a hydraulic medium column which, as viewed in gravity direction, is situated under the pipette means.
A tappet pushrod of one of the preceding claims wherein the supports of the tappet pushrod are configured as ball heads.
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