Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Colin Jeffrey Young

Michael James Lynch

Benjamin J Saltsman

Mark Freeland

William McMurray Stewart

Ernie J Devincent

Matthew Luke Fyie

A camshaft phaser for an internal combustion engine includes a driven hub attached to a camshaft, and a drive sprocket journaled to the driven hub. A locking device uses a pin receptacle having a locking bore and an engagement ramp which is contiguous with the locking bore to allow a locking pin to extend partially from its housing pin bore before the locking pin is registered with the locking bore.

Camshaft phaser for internal combustion engine

A circuit and method for controlling a battery ( ) are provided. The circuit ( ) includes a switching device ( ) disposed between first and second poles ( ) of the battery ( ) and responsive to a control signal. The circuit also includes a controller ( ) that generates the control signal in accordance with a predetermined algorithm responsive to a temperature and a voltage drop across poles ( ). The inventive method includes the step ( ) of providing a switching device ( ) between first and second poles ( ) of battery ( ). The method further includes the step ( ) of controlling switching device ( ) responsive to a temperature and a voltage drop across poles ( ).

Method of heating an automotive battery in cold environments

A parking pawl assembly,is provided for use in combination with a vehicle of the type including a transmission assembly,having a park gear,Assembly,includes a pawl member,which is selectively movable and which allows the park gear,to rotate while pawl member,is being disengaged from the park gear,thereby gradually and smoothly releasing residual torque stored within the park gear

Parking pawl assembly

Method of stabilizing valve lift-off movement in an automotive hydraulic shock absorber having compression and expansion chambers filled with a hydraulic shock-absorber fluid is diclosed. The chamber are divided by a valve body which has one or more orifices that have fluid flow therethrough controlled by a spring biased valve that lifts off from the valve body when the fluid pressure differential between chambers is above a predetermined amount. The steps of the method comprise (a) stationing the spring biased valve with respect to the orifices so that the fluid forcing the valve to lift off and overcome the spring bias will exit from the orifices in a manner that creates a velocity gradient in the expansion chamber resulting in pressure differences that disturb a smooth lift-off of the valves; and (b) modifying the hydraulic shock absorber fluid to form a mixture containing fumed amorphous silica whereby the fluid mixture will possess a viscosity inversely proportional to the velocity of the fluid mixture regions, the mixture will achieve the needed hydraulic attenuation.

Method of stabilizing valve lift-off in hydraulic shock absorbers

A watertight and airtight seal is useful for use between two structures having relative movement therebetween. The seal apparatus includes a first adhesive bead (38) disposed on a first structural member (12) and a second adhesive bead (44) disposed on a second structural member (22). An elastomeric member (30) includes a first flange (34) portion bonded to the first adhesive bead and a second flange portion (36) bonded to the second adhesive bead (44). The elastomeric member also includes a flexible portion disposed between the first and second flange portions, this flexible portion being operative to freely flex during relative motion between the first and second structural members. This flexibility substantially reduces stress otherwise imparted on the first and second adhesive beads during such movements in the absence of the flexible portion, thereby improving the durability of the seal.

Fixed window seal apparatus

A guide mechanism for a sliding door of a vehicle includes a wedge with a protruding blade of thickness t fastened to an edge portion of the door, and a guide body fastened to a header of the vehicle. The vehicle header and edge portion of the door are adjacent one another when the door is in a closed position. First and second flexible wings are connected to the guide body forming a pair of wings defining a slot between the first and second wings with the wings separated a minimum distance, .delta..sub.0, across the slot. First and second flanges respectively connected to the first and second wings extend away from one another forming a lead-in channel having a dimension greater than the minimum distance, .delta..sub.0, for guiding the blade to engage the slot when the door is in the closed position. Making the blade thickness, t, greater than the minimum distance, .delta..sub.0, across the slot causes each of the wings to exert pressure on the blade when the blade is positioned dead center so that movement between the door and header can occur without breaking contact between the wings and the blade thereby minimizing rattling and noise.

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Dearborn, MI, United States of America

Colin Jeffrey Young