US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on Oct. 28 for "Electric camshaft phaser assembly including a flexible gear with a retainer" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,898, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Electric camshaft phaser assembly including a flexible gear with a retainer" was invented by Colin Foster (Belle River, Canada) and Steven Burke (Fort Gratiot Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camshaft phaser assembly configured for phasing a camshaft and a crankshaft with respect to each other is provided. The camshaft phaser assembly includes a sprocket for receiving torque from the crankshaft; an output gear for driving the camshaft; a flexible gear deformable into an elliptical orientation for engaging the output...