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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2012
Joe S. Cole, Mesquite, TX (US);
Jack D. Hutcheson, Garland, TX (US);
Kenneth Parker, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Wes Gerszewski, Coppell, TX (US);
Steve Nance, Highland Village, TX (US);
Daniel Viertler, Bad Urach, DE;
Markus Todt, Nürtingen, DE;
Holger Bergemann, Nürtingen, DE;
Joe S. Cole, Mesquite, TX (US);
Jack D. Hutcheson, Garland, TX (US);
Kenneth Parker, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Wes Gerszewski, Coppell, TX (US);
Steve Nance, Highland Village, TX (US);
Daniel Viertler, Bad Urach, DE;
Markus Todt, Nürtingen, DE;
Holger Bergemann, Nürtingen, DE;
Hilite Germany GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A valve timing control apparatus for a combustion engine according to which a rotational member, such as a sprocket, is driven by said combustion engine, a rotor is mechanically coupled with a camshaft for controlling opening and closing of cylinder valves of said combustion engine, a first configuration is provided in which the rotor is locked to the rotational member; and a second configuration is provided in which the rotor is unlocked from said rotational member. In another aspect an operating method of said valve timing control apparatus for adjusting a valve timing of a combustion engine is provided. The apparatus controls a relative rotation between a camshaft and an output shaft, which can either be prevented or permitted.