Patent ID: 8915221
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. A valve timing control comprising: a stator body constructed of a plastic material, said stator body having an annular side wall and a front plate, a plurality of threaded metal inserts embedded in said stator body, a sprocket attached to said stator body by a plurality of fasteners extending through said sprocket and into said metal inserts, a rotor movably mounted in said stator body between a first and second rotational position relative to said stator body, said rotor having a plurality of vanes, each vane positioned within an associated cavity in said stator body, and wherein at least one of said vanes contacts one of said inserts when said rotor is in said first rotational position and wherein at least one of said vanes contacts a second of said inserts when said rotor is in said second rotational position.