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US 12,577,894 B2Granted
Variable camshaft timing assembly with deformable extension
AssigneeBorgWarner Inc.
InventorShawn J. Blackmur
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Abstract
A variable camshaft timing (VCT) assembly includes a rotor having a hub from which one or more vanes extend radially outwardly; and a stator having a stator cavity that receives the rotor and permits the rotor to rotate relative to the stator about an axis of rotation, wherein the stator includes a deformable extension that regulates a distance between the stator and another component of the VCT assembly.
Claims12
A variable camshaft timing (VCT) assembly comprising:
- a rotor having a hub from which one or more vanes extend radially outwardly;
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- a stator having a stator cavity that receives the rotor and permits the rotor to rotate relative to the stator about an axis of rotation, a deformable extension, included as part of the stator without any separation from the stator, that is configured to be mechanically-altered as to size based on a tolerance value wherein the tolerance value specifies a desired distance between the stator and another component of the VCT assembly, the deformable extension being configured to regulate the distance.
A variable camshaft timing (VCT) assembly comprising:
- a rotor having a hub from which one or more vanes extend radially outwardly;
- a stator having a stator cavity that receives the rotor and permits the rotor to rotate relative to the stator about an axis of rotation, wherein the stator is monolithic and includes a deformable extension, included as part of the stator without any separation from the stator, that is configured to be mechanically-altered as to size based on a tolerance value wherein the tolerance value specifies a desired distance between the stator and another component of the VCT assembly, the deformable extension being configured to regulate the distance, and an end plate extension that is configured to be mechanically deformed to join an end plate to the stator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.