Cup tappet

The invention concerns a cup tappet for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said cup tappet comprising a hollow cylindrical skirt whose one end is connected to a bottom for making contact with a cam. The cup tappet () of the invention for a valve train of an internal combustion engine comprises a hollow cylindrical skirt () whose one end () is connected to a bottom () for making contact with a cam. The skirt () has a clearly smaller height than the overall height of the cup tappet (), and the bottom () rises in a roof-like taper from said end (). By virtue of this configuration, the bottom () has a very high rigidity, so that it is possible to minimize its thickness 'd' significantly compared to thicknesses of prior art cup tappet bottoms.