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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2007
George L. Markley, Montour Falls, NY (US);
George L. Markley, Montour Falls, NY (US);
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
The assembly method includes packaging of items for shipment and secures components of the assembly in a fashion and in the related position required for further assembly, as a unit, to an engine that is in the process of being assembled. The timed assembly arrives at the engine plant secured together such that it allows handling, at least in part, as a single component and with its parts arranged in the relative position required for proper timing and for securing to other components of the engine. The chain () is pinned between a tensioner pin () and the tensioner chain contacting surface () and between a guide pin () and the guide or snubber chain contacting surface (). The tensioner is preferably pinned in a state of minimum extension.