Patent ID: 11885245
Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 9:
10. The variable cam timing phaser of claim 1, wherein the first end of the body of the lock pin has a stepped diameter that engages the recess in the locked position, the body of the lock pin further comprising at least two lands, and at least one annulus between the first end and the second end of the body, such that when the lock pin is moved from the locked position to the unlocked position, the at least one annulus and the stepped diameter of the first end of the body of the lock pin either exhaust fluid to the at least one advance chamber or the at least one retard chamber or the supply of fluid to the at least one advance chamber or the at least one retard chamber.