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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Freemantle, Lansing, NY (US);
Keith B. Cobb, Cortland, NY (US);
Glenn E. Swanson, Lansing, NY (US);
Assignee:
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/08 (2006.01); F16K 15/02 (2006.01); F02B 67/06 (2006.01); F16K 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/0829 (2013.01); F02B 67/06 (2013.01); F16H 7/0848 (2013.01); F16K 15/02 (2013.01); F16K 15/044 (2013.01); F16H 2007/084 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0814 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0859 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tensioner moves the flow restriction controlling the tensioner tuning to the nose of the piston through a hole ranging in cross sectional area from 0.01 mmto 1.1 mm. It also eliminates a component from the design of the tensioner. The piston hole geometry is one or a plurality of holes.