Patent ID: 11965439
Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An electrically-controlled camshaft phaser with a gearbox assembly, comprising:
a sun gear having outwardly-facing gear teeth in between one axial end and another axial end of the sun gear;
a circumferential groove formed in the sun gear between the axial ends;
at least one planet gear, having outwardly-facing gear teeth, that moves radially relative to an axis of the sun gear rotation;
at least one pin that carries the at least one planet gear; and
a deformable outer ring formed from a compressible material that when the compressible material is compressed provides an opposite-direction return force, received within the circumferential groove, that engages the at least one planet gear and moves the at least one planet gear radially toward a ring gear in response to the opposite-direction return force, wherein the deformable outer ring engages a hub surface of the at least one planet gear.