Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Jonathan Edward Fleming

Ryan J O'Gorman

Robert E Hetrick

Joel John Beltramo

Michael Howard Parsons

Xia Zhang

William Martin Sheeran

An adjustable camshaft system for an automotive engine includes a camshaft having machined and fabricated axially-directed control passages combined with an oil-activated camshaft phaser. The fabricated oil control passages are formed within a portion of the camshaft having an outside diameter which is substantially equal to the outside diameter of other portions of the camshaft fitted within bearings carried within the engine's cylinder head.

Camshaft and oil-controlled camshaft phaser for automotive engine

An automotive fuel injector having a fluorine-coating amphorous hydronated carbon film coating to resist the formation of carbonaceous deposits thereon. The fluorine-coating amphorous hydronated carbon film is made in part form trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane. The coating helps the fuel injector resist coking or the growth of hard carbonaceous deposits. This reduction in coking and deposits improves the fuel economy and engine performance.

Carbonaceous deposit-resistant coating for fuel injectors

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Jonathan Edward Fleming