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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inhwa Chung, Lasalle, CA;
Kevin Poole, Northville, MI (US);
Nicholas Periat, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Jon Petersen, Royal Oak, MI (US);
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A camshaft phaser, including: an inner rotor with radially outwardly extending vanes which is connected to the inner camshaft; a stator having radially inwardly directed projections which contact the outer surface of the rotor and form working spaces into which the vanes extend, the vanes divide the working spaces into first and second sets of pressure chambers which can be pressurized with a hydraulic medium in order to rotate the rotor in an advancing or retarding direction; a front cover connected to a front side of the assembly defining a front side of the pressure chambers; and a rear cover connected to the rear side of the assembly defining a rear side of the pressure chambers, having first and second protrusions directed toward and meshed with complementary first and second indentations on an outer camshaft.