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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Borgwarner, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Andrew V. Degner, Penn Yan, NY (US);
Brian T. Kenyon, McGraw, NY (US);
Chad M. McCloy, Cortland, NY (US);
Assignee:
BORGWARNER, INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 (2006.01); F01L 1/344 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/3442 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34433 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34443 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve assembly that can be employed in a variable camshaft timing (VCT) phaser assembly. The valve assembly includes a metal sleeve and a check valve. The check valve, in an implementation, has an integral construction with the metal sleeve. The integral construction has multiple designs, one of which includes an overmolded construction of the check valve with the metal sleeve. The valve assembly can also include a valve housing which, in the implementation of the VCT phaser assembly, is a center bolt.