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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Patrick McConville, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kim Hwe Ku, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 (2006.01); F01L 1/22 (2006.01); F01L 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/22 (2013.01); F01L 13/0036 (2013.01); F01L 2013/0052 (2013.01); F01L 2820/031 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for actuating lobe switching in a camshaft system in an engine are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises deploying a first pin into a groove of a camshaft outer sleeve while a second pin remains in place due to an absence of a groove in which to deploy, and maintaining the second pin in place with a ball locking mechanism even after the second pin is exposed to a vacated groove in the camshaft outer sleeve.