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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2018
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Toshinobu Kimura, Sakurai, JP;
Jeremy Benn, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Toru Shinoyama, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A hydraulic tensioner for an internal combustion engine for tensioning a span of a chain or a belt has a piston with an internal reservoir connected to a high pressure chamber through a check valve assembly. The check valve assembly has a disk seat received within the hollow bore of the body of the piston having at least one passage connecting the internal reservoir to the hydraulic pressure chamber; a check valve retainer coupled to the disk seat; a check valve disk received between the disk seat and the check valve retainer moveable between a first position and a second position, and a check valve spring received between the check valve disk and the check valve retainer.