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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohammad Ali Moetakef, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jamie Charles Hanshaw, South Lyon, MI (US);
Wesley Kridner, Canton, MI (US);
Georg Festag, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steve Poe, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 (2006.01); F01L 1/344 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/344 (2013.01); F01L 1/3442 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34456 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34469 (2013.01);
Abstract
A phase control apparatus in a variable cam timing (VCT) system of an engine is described herein. The phase control apparatus includes a locking pin coupled to a vane, the locking pin extending into a locking pin recess in a cover plate in a locked configuration, the locking pin and locking pin recess having a backlash and a housing at least partially enclosing the vane and spaced away from the vane forming a gap in the locked configuration.