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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

May. 19, 2015
Applicant:

Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;

Inventor:

Sarah Hopkins, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/46 (2006.01); F01L 1/34 (2006.01); F01L 1/344 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 (2013.01); F01L 1/46 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34483 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49249 (2015.01);
Abstract

A camshaft phaser, including: an axis of rotation; a drive sprocket arranged to receive torque; a stator non-rotatably connected to the drive sprocket; a rotor at least partially rotatable with respect to the stator, arranged to non-rotatably connect to a camshaft and including first and second radially disposed sides facing, respectively, in first and second opposite axial directions parallel to the axis of rotation, a through-bore connecting the first and second radially disposed sides, and a support pin including a first portion disposed in the through-bore and a second portion extending past the second radially disposed side in the second axial direction; and a positioning spring engaged with the second portion and the stator to urge the rotor in a circumferential direction, wherein a line parallel to the axis of rotation passes through the first portion and material forming the rotor.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hopkins, Sarah. (2016). Trapped support pin for spiral spring retention in a camshaft phaser (U.S. Patent No. 9470117). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9470117

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