A variable valve gear for internal combustion engines, having at least one
camshaft and pivot lever disposed in the cylinder head, which lever
contacts a valve that closes by means of spring force. An intermediate
element of a transfer element is mounted in a supporting and displaceable
manner, twice on the supporting body and on the pivot lever. The
intermediate element engages a supporting surface disposed on the
supporting body, first by way of a supporting cam segment disposed on the
intermediate element, and second with the controlling cam segment of the
supporting body, and third with the pivot lever, by way of an outer
contour surface disposed on the intermediate element. The intermediate
element indirectly contacts the cam of the camshaft, by way of a roller
disposed on an oscillating crank, which is connected with the
intermediate element in articulated manner.