US Patent Issued to RB Distribution on April 15 for "Camshaft phase adjuster with improved vane construction" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,214, issued on April 15, was assigned to RB Distribution Inc. (Colmar, Pa.).

"Camshaft phase adjuster with improved vane construction" was invented by Nicholas Baer (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camshaft phase adjuster having a vane construction that optimizes one or more of the seal contact pressure, wear properties, and/or the distribution of forces acting on the vane that are transmitted to the rotor. Vane configurations include vanes with non-parallel sides at the actuation end as well as a core and over-molded cover configuration. This provides enhanced wear properties and/or allows the use of lower strength ma...