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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
May. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Clarke, Northville, MI (US);
Roy E Diehl, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123 9017 ; 123 9031 ; 7456 / ; 464-2 ;
Abstract
A camshaft phase controller for an internal combustion engine controls separate intake and exhaust camshafts driven by the engine's crankshaft such that the angular phases of the camshafts may be varied by different amounts from a predetermined phase relationship with the crankshaft.