Preloaded torsional biasing device

A biasing assembly used with a variable camshaft timing (VCT) device, comprising:

• a torsional biasing element that is elongated and configured to engage and receive rotational motion from one of a rotor or stator of a VCT device;
• a torque tube, having an inner surface and an outer surface, that is:
• configured to engage the other of the rotor or the stator of the VCT device, receive the torsional biasing element radially inwardly from the inner surface, and be inserted within a cavity of a camshaft;
• a receiving feature, carried by the torque tube, that engages a portion of the torsional biasing element and inhibits angular movement of the rotor or the stator away from a default angular position,
• wherein the torsional biasing element and the torque tube are angularly displaced relative to each other from a resting position to a pre-loaded position when the torsional biasing element and the tubular actuator engage the rotor and the stator of the VCT device.

A biasing assembly used with a variable camshaft timing (VCT) device, comprising:

• a torsional biasing element including:
• a first elongated torsional biasing member including a first camshaft end and a first distal end;
• a second elongated torsional biasing member, spaced apart from the first elongated torsional biasing member, including a second camshaft end and a second distal end, wherein the first elongated torsional biasing member is coupled with the second elongated torsional biasing member;
• a first input member coupled to the first camshaft end of the first elongated torsional biasing member;
• and
• a second input member coupled to the second camshaft end of the second elongated torsional biasing member,
• wherein the first input member and the second input member are angularly displaced relative to each other from a resting position to a pre-loaded position when the first input member and the second input member engage a rotor and a stator of the VCT device.