Patent number: 10738861
Control of hydraulic tensioner tuning using hole size in piston nose
Original Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
Field of technology: Vehicles, Engines and Transportation
Patent granted on: Tue, 11 Aug 2020
Abstract
A tensioner moves the flow restriction controlling the tensioner tuning to the nose of the piston through a hole ranging in cross sectional area from 0.01 mm2 to 1.1 mm2. It also eliminates a component from the design of the tensioner. The piston hole geometry is one or a plurality of holes.