ROTOR ASSEMBLY WITH INNER DIAMETER DIVIDER PATTERN

摘要

A phaser with a rotor assembly having a pattern on an inner diameter that acts as a sealing land or divider between the advance supply port and the retard supply port. This pattern allows the advance supply ports and the retard supply ports to be on the same plane, allowing the overall axial length of the rotor to be shorter. The pattern is preferably formed onto the inner diameter of the rotor through net forming.

主权项

1. A rotor assembly of a variable cam timing phaser comprising:
an outer diameter with vanes extending therefrom; and a bore having an inner diameter comprising a plurality of passages extending from the inner diameter of the bore to the outer diameter of the rotor assembly, each of the passages having a first port on the inner diameter and a second port on the outer diameter of the rotor assembly; and a pattern of pockets surrounding each of the first ports on the inner diameter of the bore, the pattern comprising a plurality of lands enclosing each of the first ports on at least three sides, such that the first ports are on a same plane of the rotor assembly and the lands form a continuous circumferential seal groove, sealing each of the first ports from other first ports.