Field of technology: Vehicles, Engines and Transportation
Patent granted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2019
A system including a phaser with a first lock pin and a second lock pin in the rotor assembly. The first and second locks pins having a locked position where they engage a recess in the housing assembly and an unlocked position in which they do not engage the housing assembly. The first lock pin locks the rotor assembly to the housing assembly when the phaser is in an intermediate phase angle position. The second lock pin locks the rotor assembly to the housing assembly when the phaser is at a full retard position. The control valve includes a recirculation check valve and an inlet check valve.