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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Franklin R. Smith, York, SC (US);
Assignee:
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/344 (2006.01); F01L 1/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/3442 (2013.01); F01L 1/047 (2013.01); F01L 1/34409 (2013.01); F01L 2001/3443 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34426 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34433 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34453 (2013.01); F01L 2250/02 (2013.01); F01L 2250/04 (2013.01); F01L 2250/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system including a phaser with a first lock pin and a second lock pin in the rotor assembly. The first and second locks pins having a locked position where they engage a recess in the housing assembly and an unlocked position in which they do not engage the housing assembly. The first lock pin locks the rotor assembly to the housing assembly when the phaser is in an intermediate phase angle position. The second lock pin locks the rotor assembly to the housing assembly when the phaser is at a full retard position. The control valve includes a recirculation check valve and an inlet check valve.