Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Shawn Kevin Carlisle

Jamie Charles Hanshaw

Kristofor Robert Norman

Joel John Beltramo

Anthony Morelli

Luke Brodbeck

Paul John Adam

Daniel Lawerence Sylvester

Adam Matthew Selthofer

Rick Renwick

Andrew Erich Mast

Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, a system comprises a compressor housing clamped to a bearing housing via a clamp ring. The clamp ring may be configured to at least partially detach the compressor and allow the compressor to rotate and/or shift in response to a force.

Methods and systems for a compressor housing

Methods and systems are provided for a phase control apparatus in a variable cam timing (VCT) system of an engine, the phase control apparatus having a locking pin coupled to a rotor vane and engageable with a locking pin recess in the phase control apparatus cover plate. In one example, a method for assembling the phase control apparatus may include positioning respective retarded side surfaces of the rotor vane and the housing in face-sharing contact while positioning respective retarded side surfaces of the locking pin and the locking pin recess in face-sharing contact and maintaining a backlash gap between only the advanced side surfaces of the locking pin recess.

System and method for a phase control apparatus of a cam timing system

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South Lyon, MI, United States of America

Shawn Kevin Carlisle