Timing wheel for a camshaft phaser arrangement for a concentric camshaft assembly
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsInhwa Chung, Steven Burke, Michael Kandolf, Jeff Mossberg, Andrew Mlinaric
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Abstract
A camshaft phaser arrangement configured for a concentric camshaft assembly having inner and outer camshafts is provided. The camshaft phaser arrangement includes a first camshaft phaser, a second camshaft phaser, a coupling, and at least one timing wheel connected to at least one of the first or second camshaft phaser. Each of the camshaft phasers is configured to be connected to either the inner or the outer camshaft. The at least one timing wheel defines at least one cutout that is configured to receive at least a portion of the coupling.
Claims11
A camshaft phaser arrangement configured for a concentric camshaft assembly having inner and outer camshafts, the camshaft phaser arrangement comprising:
- a first camshaft phaser configured to be connected to one of the inner or outer camshafts;
- a second camshaft phaser configured to be connected to a remaining one of the inner or outer camshafts;
- the second camshaft phaser axially adjacent to the first camshaft phaser;
- a coupling arranged to torsionally couple the first and second camshaft phasers;
- and,
- at least one timing wheel connected to at least one of the first or second camshaft phaser, the at least one timing wheel having:
- a wall;
- and,
- a cutout arranged in the wall, the cutout:
- i) extending completely through the wall;
- and, ii) having an angular span that is equal to or greater than a range of authority of the first or second camshaft phaser;
- and,
- at least a portion of the coupling extending through the cutout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.