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公开(公告)号:US10781892B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-22
申请号:US15748700
申请日:2016-07-25
Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
Inventor: Keith B. Cobb , Matthew W. Crump , Dale N. Smith
Abstract: A press-fit check valve for a hydraulic tensioner includes a retainer, a seat, a ball, and a spring. The seat of the check valve is press-fit against the wall of the check valve counterbore of the hydraulic tensioner body. In some embodiments, the seat is cup-shaped to provide a predetermined level of press force retention of the press-fit check valve. In some embodiments, the seat includes a plurality of legs separated by leg openings. In some embodiments, a backflow path is provided past the press-fit check valve by a combination of the leg openings and at least one backflow slot through a flange of the retainer. In some embodiments, a lip at the outer end of the check valve counterbore prevents the seat from backing out of the check valve counterbore.
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公开(公告)号:US10677325B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-09
申请号:US15850600
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
Inventor: Kevin B. Todd , Mark E. Patton , Dale N. Smith
IPC: F16H7/08
Abstract: A tensioner which adjusts the mean tensioner force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency as the chain wears and is subject to low dynamic loads.
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公开(公告)号:US09377087B2
公开(公告)日:2016-06-28
申请号:US14196191
申请日:2014-03-04
Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
Inventor: Kevin B. Todd , Mark E. Patton , Dale N. Smith
IPC: F16H7/08
CPC classification number: F16H7/0848 , F16H7/08 , F16H2007/0812 , F16H2007/0814 , F16H2007/0817 , F16H2007/0859 , F16H2007/0891
Abstract: A tensioner which adjusts the mean tensioner force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency as the chain wears and is subject to low dynamic loads.
Abstract translation: 调节平均张紧力的张紧器,以保持链条张力尽可能低,而不会牺牲链条控制,显着提高链条磨损时的驱动效率,并承受低动态载荷。
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公开(公告)号:US20180112748A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-26
申请号:US15850600
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
Inventor: Kevin B. Todd , Mark E. Patton , Dale N. Smith
IPC: F16H7/08
CPC classification number: F16H7/0848 , F16H7/08 , F16H2007/0812 , F16H2007/0814 , F16H2007/0817 , F16H2007/0859 , F16H2007/0891 , H05K999/99
Abstract: A tensioner which adjusts the mean tensioner force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency as the chain wears and is subject to low dynamic loads.
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公开(公告)号:US09879764B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-30
申请号:US15146311
申请日:2016-05-04
Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
Inventor: Kevin B. Todd , Mark E. Patton , Dale N. Smith
CPC classification number: F16H7/0848 , F16H7/08 , F16H2007/0812 , F16H2007/0814 , F16H2007/0817 , F16H2007/0859 , F16H2007/0891
Abstract: A tensioner which adjusts the mean tensioner force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency as the chain wears and is subject to low dynamic loads.
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公开(公告)号:US20170254392A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-07
申请号:US15599883
申请日:2017-05-19
Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
Inventor: Kevin B. Todd , Dale N. Smith
CPC classification number: F16H7/0836 , F02B67/06 , F16H7/0848 , F16H2007/0806 , F16H2007/0812 , F16H2007/0859 , F16H2007/0893
Abstract: A tensioner for tensioning a chain span which uses two pistons. The movement of the two pistons may be coupled together. The first piston provides damping to the chain span and a second piston provides variable, dominant and automatically adjusting spring force to the chain span. The tensioner automatically adjusts the mean tension force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency at new chain conditions and conditions with dynamic loads.
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公开(公告)号:US09618096B2
公开(公告)日:2017-04-11
申请号:US14653381
申请日:2013-12-05
Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
Inventor: George L. Markley , Simon Barrette , Dale N. Smith , Joseph P. Goodsell
IPC: F16H7/08
CPC classification number: F16H7/0848 , F16H7/08 , F16H2007/0806 , F16H2007/0812 , F16H2007/0859 , F16H2007/0878 , F16H2007/0885
Abstract: A tensioner comprising a piston slidably received within a piston bore of the housing having a plurality of grooves formed on an outer circumference, the piston forming a first pressure chamber with the piston bore. The tensioner uses a mechanism to remove a sliding pawl or expandable clip from engaging the grooves on the piston, such that the piston can move towards the housing and reduce chain load when fluid pressure is reduced in the first pressure chamber during engine shutdown, but not so much as to leave the chain uncontrolled during engine restart. The mechanism may for example be a fluid biased spool piston which engages the expandable clip or a pawl piston that engages a sliding pawl.
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公开(公告)号:US20160245376A1
公开(公告)日:2016-08-25
申请号:US15146472
申请日:2016-05-04
Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
Inventor: Kevin B. Todd , Mark E. Patton , Dale N. Smith
IPC: F16H7/08
CPC classification number: F16H7/0848 , F16H7/08 , F16H2007/0812 , F16H2007/0814 , F16H2007/0817 , F16H2007/0859 , F16H2007/0891
Abstract: A tensioner which adjusts the mean tensioner force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency as the chain wears and is subject to low dynamic loads.
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公开(公告)号:US20140187368A1
公开(公告)日:2014-07-03
申请号:US14196229
申请日:2014-03-04
Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
Inventor: Kevin B. Todd , Mark E. Patton , Dale N. Smith
IPC: F16H7/08
CPC classification number: F16H7/0848 , F16H7/08 , F16H2007/0812 , F16H2007/0814 , F16H2007/0817 , F16H2007/0859 , F16H2007/0891
Abstract: A tensioner which adjusts the mean tensioner force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency as the chain wears and is subject to low dynamic loads.
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公开(公告)号:US20190316657A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-17
申请号:US16378873
申请日:2019-04-09
Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
Inventor: Keith B. Cobb , Mark Patton , XiaoJian Lu , Kevin Todd , Dale N. Smith , Fabio Magni , Ron J. Mielbrecht , Glenn Swanson , Giuseppe Baddaria
Abstract: A sealed hydraulic tensioner includes a cylinder having a cylinder surface formed in a housing; a piston, received by the cylinder, having an inner surface forming a piston cavity and an outer surface that closely conforms in shape to the cylinder inhibiting the flow of fluid between the outer surface of the piston and the cylinder surface; a tensioner biasing member engaging the piston and the cylinder forcing the piston in an axial direction; a check valve regulating fluid flow between a high-pressure chamber and a low-pressure chamber; one or more apertures formed in the piston extending between the inner surface and the outer surface of the piston that communicate fluid between the piston cavity and the cylinder, wherein a substantially fixed quantity of fluid is encapsulated within the piston cavity and the cylinder.
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