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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2019
Borgwarner, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Brown, Freeville, NY (US);
BORGWARNER, INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A variable camshaft timing (VCT) assembly for controlling the angular position of concentric camshafts includes an independent VCT device that is configured to couple with a first concentric camshaft and change an angular position of the first concentric camshaft relative to an angular position of a crankshaft; and one or more dependent VCT devices mechanically linking an output of the independent VCT device with a second concentric camshaft, wherein the dependent VCT device(s) change(s) an angular position of the second concentric camshaft relative to the angular position of the first concentric camshaft based on angular movement of the output of the independent VCT device.