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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Timothy Mark Lancefield, Warwickshire, GB;
Richard Alwyn Owen, Oxfordshire, GB;
Inventors:
Timothy Mark Lancefield, Warwickshire, GB;
Richard Alwyn Owen, Oxfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Mechadyne PLC, Kirtlington, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A twin vane-type phaser is described which is provided with a locking mechanism for locking the drive member to the driven members when the pressure in the working chambers is a below is predetermined value. The locking mechanism comprises two coaxial locking pinsmounted in a common borein the centrally located memberThe locking pins are resiliently urged apart by a springinto bores in the two outer membersand are retracted by pistonswhen the hydraulic pressure in the working chambers attains the predetermined value.