INTERMEDIATE LEVER

The invention relates to an intermediate lever (1) for a variable stroke valve train of an internal combustion engine, having two upright lateral plates (2) spaced apart from one another which a) at a first end face (3) on the one hand have a support surface (4) for a slotted guide track and on the other hand a run-on surface (5) for a cam disc, which b) in a longitudinal middle section (6) have a counter-running surface (7) for a lifting cam and which c) at a further end face (8) are connected via a one-piece integrally formed crossbar (9), the outer face (10) of which serves for variable transmission of a stroke of the lifting cam to a tap of a follower member, wherein an end face (11) of the crossbar (9) lying in the pivoting direction of the intermediate lever (1) is provided as abutment for one end of a cam restoring spring acting on the intermediate lever (1), wherein two lugs (12) for lateral guidance of the cam restoring spring protrude from said end face (11), which lugs (12) are part of a shackle-like component (13) joined separately to the intermediate lever (1), wherein the component (13) does not pass over the one end face (11) in order to provide a direct attachment of the cam restoring spring at the material of the intermediate lever (1).