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Franklin R. Smith

BO Borgwarner: 35 patents #5 of 1,600Top 1%
BA Borg-Warner Automotive: 5 patents #26 of 259Top 15%
📍 Cortland, NY: #2 of 125 inventorsTop 2%
🗺 New York: #2,047 of 115,490 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #60,740 of 4,157,543Top 2%
47
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–47 of 47 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6748912 Method to vent air from a cam phaser with a center mounted spool valve Roger T. Simpson 2004-06-15
6745735 Air venting mechanism for variable camshaft timing devices 2004-06-08
6668778 Using differential pressure control system for VCT lock 2003-12-30
6666181 Hydraulic detent for a variable camshaft timing device Braman Wing 2003-12-23
6644258 VCT mechanism having a lock pin adapted to release at a pressure higher than the pressure required to hold the lock pin in the released position 2003-11-11
6622677 Worm gear driven variable cam phaser Roger T. Simpson 2003-09-23
6623390 Hydraulic tensioner with pivotal mount Roger T. Simpson 2003-09-23
6481402 Variable camshaft timing system with pin-style lock between relatively oscillatable components Roger T. Simpson 2002-11-19
6361458 Hydraulic tensioner with pressure relief valve 2002-03-26
6312351 Hydraulic tensioner with pivotal mount Roger T. Simpson 2001-11-06
5718650 Hydraulic tensioner with porous vent Stanley K. Dembosky 1998-02-17
5577970 Hydraulic tensioner with a pressure relief valve Kevin B. Todd 1996-11-26
5367992 Variable camshaft timing system for improved operation during low hydraulic fluid pressure Roger P. Butterfield, Curt A. Wykstra 1994-11-29
5361735 Belt driven variable camshaft timing system Roger P. Butterfield, Stanley K. Dembosky 1994-11-08
5207192 Variable camshaft timing system utilizing square-edged spool valve 1993-05-04
5152261 Variable camshaft timing system utilizing changes in length of portions of a chain or belt Roger P. Butterfield 1992-10-06
5107804 Variable camshaft timing for internal combustion engine Thomas Becker, Roger P. Butterfield, Stanley K. Dembosky 1992-04-28
5046460 Variable camshaft timing for internal combustion engine Roger P. Butterfield, Stanley K. Dembosky 1991-09-10
5002023 Variable camshaft timing for internal combustion engine Roger P. Butterfield 1991-03-26
4869708 Sprocket retention/chain guide assembly Peter Hoffmann 1989-09-26
4862770 Two-speed alternator drive 1989-09-05
4862845 Variable camshaft timing system Roger P. Butterfield 1989-09-05