# US 10,502,100 B2 · Cam phaser > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,502,100 B2 - Document ID: US10502100B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/705,612 - Filed: 2017-09-15 - Published: 2019-03-21 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-15 - Assignees: ECO Holding 1 GmbH - Applicants: ECO Holding 1 GmbH - Inventors: John Snyder; Wes Gerszewski; Steven Nance; Daniel Sing - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502100B2 ## CPC - F01L 1/3442: {using hydraulic chambers with variable volume to transmit the rotating force} - F01L 1/047: Camshafts - F01L 2001/34426: {Oil control valves} - F01L 2001/34453: {Locking means between driving and driven members} - F01L 2001/34469: {Lock movement parallel to camshaft axis} - F01L 2250/02: the camshaft being driven by chains - F01L 2250/04: the camshaft being driven by belts - F01L: CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES ## Abstract A cam phaser including a rotor; and a stator, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the stator about a rotation axis of the rotor, wherein a blade of the rotor is arrangeable at various positions between two bars of the stator, wherein an intermediary space formed between the two bars is divided by the blade of the rotor into a first pressure cavity and a second pressure cavity, wherein a locking device including a locking bolt that is spring loaded by a preload element and by a locking disc is configured to lock the stator with the rotor, wherein the preload element includes a spring force for locking, wherein the locking bolt is received axially movable in a receiving opening that is flowable by a hydraulic fluid and that is oriented in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the receiving opening that is formed in the rotor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cam phaser, comprising: a rotor; and a stator, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the stator about a rotation axis of the rotor, wherein a blade of the rotor is arrangeable at various positions between two bars of the stator, wherein an intermediary space formed between the two bars is divided by the blade of the rotor into a first pressure cavity and a second pressure cavity, wherein a locking device including a locking bolt that is spring loaded by a preload element and a locking disc is configured to lock the stator with the rotor, wherein the preload element includes a spring force for locking, wherein the locking bolt is received axially movable in a receiving opening that is flowable by a hydraulic fluid and that is oriented in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the receiving opening that is formed in the rotor, wherein the rotor is movable by pressures provided in the first pressure cavity and in the second pressure cavity, wherein the rotor includes a locking position for locking, wherein a hydraulic valve is provided for pressure loading and pressure relief, wherein the locking device is configured to position the locking bolt by the spring force and by an additional force directly impacting the locking bolt, wherein the additional force is a hydraulic force of the hydraulic fluid flowing through the cam phaser and into the receiving opening, wherein the spring force and the hydraulic force are oriented in an identical direction, wherein the locking bolt is loadable by the hydraulic force in any axial position of the locking bolt in the receiving opening, and wherein the receiving opening is not connected with ambient pressure in any axial position of the locking bolt in the receiving opening. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cam phaser according to claim 1, wherein the additional force includes the pressures that are provided in the pressure cavities for moving the rotor into the locking position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cam phaser according to claim 1, wherein a second load channel of the cam phaser opens into the receiving opening to introduce the additional force. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The cam phaser according to claim 3, wherein an inlet opening of the second load channel is configured at an end portion of the receiving opening, and wherein the end portion is oriented away from the locking disc. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cam phaser according to claim 4, wherein the inlet opening is configured at an end of the receiving opening that is oriented away from the locking disc or between a shoulder of the receiving opening and the end of the receiving opening in order to limit the movement of the locking bolt. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The cam phaser according to claim 3, wherein the second load channel penetrates the rotor partially relative to the rotation axis radially or semi-axially. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The cam phaser according to claim 1, wherein the locking bolt is configured loadable by a hydraulic pressure of a first operating connection of the hydraulic valve at an end of the locking bolt that is oriented towards the locking disc, and the locking bolt is configured load able by a hydraulic pressure of a second operating connection of the hydraulic valve at an end of the locking bolt that is oriented away from the locking disc. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The cam phaser according to claim 3, wherein the second load channel flow connected with the second pressure cavity at an end of the second load channel that is oriented away from the receiving opening. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The cam phaser according to claim 1, wherein a first load channel of the cam phaser that is flow connected with the receiving opening is configured at least partially in the locking disc in order to provide pressure loading of the locking bolt during unlocking of the locking bolt. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The cam phaser according to claim 1, wherein the locking disc is configured as a drive wheel that is connected torque proof with the camshaft.