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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Robert Wayne Lunsford, Novi, MI (US);
Mike David Deegan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Lawrence Sylvester, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert Stephen Furby, Novi, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robert Wayne Lunsford, Novi, MI (US);
Mike David Deegan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Lawrence Sylvester, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert Stephen Furby, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A camshaft system for internal combustion engine includes a camshaft having a thrust ring which is lubricated by oil from a control valve which operates a camshaft phaser with lubricating oil, and with the lubricating oil being furnished to the camshaft at crankcase pressure after the oil leaves the camshaft phaser.