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Abstract

A valve actuation mechanism for an internal combustion engine includes rockers moved by a camshaft, each rocker being adapted to exert a valve opening force on at least a portion of a valve opening actuator of each cylinder, via an activation piston, housed in a bore of the rocker and movable with respect to the rocker under action of a fluid pressure raise in a chamber fluidly connected to the bore, from a first position to a second position with respect to the rocker, in which a cam follower of the rocker is adapted to read at least one auxiliary valve lift sector of a cam of the camshaft so as to perform an engine operating function. Each rocker includes a check valve adapted to control the fluid pressure raise in the chamber. The valve actuation mechanism includes, for each rocker, a stopper fast with a housing of the engine and adapted to exert, on a member of the rocker, a force for opening a valve independent from the check valve, adapted to release fluid from the chamber when the piston has to be moved from its second position to its first position.

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