Securing device for an actuating lever

A actuating lever assembly for a valvetrain of an internal combustion engine comprising;

• a support element comprising;
• a socket end;
• a circumferential groove below the socket end;
• an actuating lever comprising;
• two side walls connecting an actuating end and a support end;
• the side walls separated by a convex socket dome at the support end and a valve land at the actuating end;
• a concave recess in a bottom surface of the socket dome arranged to receive the socket end of the support element;
• a roller pocket formed by the side walls, socket dome and valve land;
• a securing device comprising;
• a top planar portion;
• a bifurcated bottom portion;
• a connecting portion connecting the top and bottom portions;
• the top planar portion having a circular perforation arranged to seat on the socket dome;
• the bottom portion having two arms extending perpendicularly from the connecting portion and the arms separated by a gap at an opposite axial end;
• the securing device assembled from the roller pocket, the connecting portion extending through the roller pocket;
• the securing device secured to the actuating lever, with the perforation seated on an upper portion of the socket dome, the arms extending on opposite sides and at least partially seated in the circumferential groove.