EP 1157193 B1 20041110 - ROLLER FINGER FOLLOWER
Title (en)
ROLLER FINGER FOLLOWER
Title (de)
ROLLENSCHLEPPHEBEL
Title (fr)
POUSSOIR A GALET POURVU D'UN ROULEMENT
Publication
Application
Priority
US 9908935 W 19990426
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0065202A1] A roller finger follower including: a stamped and cold extruded length of metal (20) having a general channel shape in cross section with first and second spaced apart side walls (22) joined by a web section (24); each of said side walls being of thickness t1; a pair of depending legs (34), one each of said legs extending downward from each of said side walls adjacent a first end of said side walls, each of said depending legs being of a thickness t2 less than the thickness t1 of the side wall from which it depends; a pallet section (36) at said first end of said side walls between said depending legs, said pallet section being adapted to receive an engine valve stem; a recessed socket (38) in said web section adjacent a second end of said side walls for receiving the end of a rod; said roller finger follower having a narrow section at the end including said pallet section and a wider main body section, the width of said narrow section being in the range of about 2.5t1 to 4.0t1; and the width of said pallet section between said depending legs being in the range of about 0.7t1 to about 3.6t1.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F01L 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F01L 1/185 (2013.01); F01L 2305/00 (2020.05); F01L 2305/02 (2020.05)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0065202 A1 20001102; AT E282142 T1 20041115; AU 3759599 A 20001110; DE 69921860 D1 20041216; DE 69921860 T2 20051020; EP 1157193 A1 20011128; EP 1157193 B1 20041110
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9908935 W 19990426; AT 99920002 T 19990426; AU 3759599 A 19990426; DE 69921860 T 19990426; EP 99920002 A 19990426