Abstract: It includes: a housing (7) to which a torque is transmitted from a crankshaft; a vane rotor (8) mounted inside the housing and includes a cylindrical rotor (20) fastened to a camshaft (2) by a cam bolt (5); and a groove portion (47) formed at a distal end surface of a tubular part (23) of the rotor and has a lateral surface (47a) in a direction opposite to a direction of fastening of the cam bolt. The lateral surface includes an inside edge (47d) in a radial direction of the rotor, and is inclined in the direction opposite to the direction of fastening of the cam bolt, with respect to a first imaginary plane (S1) containing the inside edge and a rotational axis (O) of the vane rotor. This serves to suppress rotation of the vane rotor during bolting the vane rotor to the camshaft, and suppress deformation due to the suppression of rotation.

Abstract: In a hydraulic pressure circuit including an introduction section through which oil is introduced, a main passage section installed at a downstream side of the introduction section to be communicated with a supply section through which oil is supplied to each of slide sections of an internal combustion engine, a branch passage branched from the main passage section to supply oil to a hydraulic pressure actuator, and a control valve having a valve body which is moved in accordance with a pressure of an upstream side thereof, and a variable capacitance pump configured to drain oil to the introduction section, the variable capacitance pump is configured to vary a drained flow quantity in accordance with the drained pressure of oil and a pressure under which the oil drained flow quantity is started to be varied is higher than a pressure under which the valve body is started to move.

Abstract: In a hydraulic pressure circuit including an introduction section through which oil is introduced, a main passage section installed at a downstream side of the introduction section to be communicated with a supply section through which oil is supplied to each of slide sections of an internal combustion engine, a branch passage branched from the main passage section to supply oil to a hydraulic pressure actuator, and a control valve having a valve body which is moved in accordance with a pressure of an upstream side thereof, and a variable capacitance pump configured to drain oil to the introduction section, the variable capacitance pump is configured to vary a drained flow quantity in accordance with the drained pressure of oil and a pressure under which the oil drained flow quantity is started to be varied is higher than a pressure under which the valve body is started to move.

Abstract: A valve timing control device comprises a drive rotation member driven by a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven rotation member fixed to a camshaft that actuates engine valves to open and close, the drive rotation member and driven rotation member being coaxially arranged to make a relative rotation therebetween; a phase varying mechanism that rotates the driven rotation member relative to the drive rotation member within a given angle, the phase varying mechanism being able to cause the driven rotation member to take the most-retarded phase position, the most-advanced phase position and a middle phase position defined between the most-retarded phase position and the most-advanced phase position; and a position keeping mechanism that is able to keep the driven rotation member at least the most-retarded phase position and the middle phase position at the time of starting the engine, and is able to select one of the most-retarded phase position and the middle phase position in accordance with

Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving rotary member to receive a rotational force from a crankshaft of an engine, and a vane rotor connected with a camshaft and arranged to rotate relative to the driving rotary member, with at least one vane defining a retard pressure chamber and an advance pressure chamber in the inside of the driving rotary member. A lock member is received slidably in the vane of the vane rotor and arranged to engage with a lock hole when the vane is rotated to a predetermined angular position. The lock member includes forward and rearward end portions arranged to receive equal fluid pressures. The lock member further includes a pressure receiving portion to which an operating fluid pressure is selectively applied to force the lock member away from the lock hole.

Abstract: A valve timing control device comprises a drive rotation member driven by a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven rotation member fixed to a camshaft that actuates engine valves to open and close, the drive rotation member and driven rotation member being coaxially arranged to make a relative rotation therebetween; a phase varying mechanism that rotates the driven rotation member relative to the drive rotation member within a given angle, the phase varying mechanism being able to cause the driven rotation member to take the most-retarded phase position, the most-advanced phase position and a middle phase position defined between the most-retarded phase position and the most-advanced phase position; and a position keeping mechanism that is able to keep the driven rotation member at least the most-retarded phase position and the middle phase position at the time of starting the engine, and is able to select one of the most-retarded phase position and the middle phase position in accordance with

Abstract: In a hydraulic pressure circuit including an introduction section through which oil is introduced, a main passage section installed at a downstream side of the introduction section to be communicated with a supply section through which oil is supplied to each of slide sections of an internal combustion engine, a branch passage branched from the main passage section to supply oil to a hydraulic pressure actuator, and a control valve having a valve body which is moved in accordance with a pressure of an upstream side thereof, and a variable capacitance pump configured to drain oil to the introduction section, the variable capacitance pump is configured to vary a drained flow quantity in accordance with the drained pressure of oil and a pressure under which the oil drained flow quantity is started to be varied is higher than a pressure under which the valve body is started to move.

Abstract: A variable displacement pump including a chamber volume varying mechanism including a moveable member, a first biasing member always biasing the moveable member in such a direction as to increase volumes of the working fluid chambers, and a second biasing member that is disposed with a set load and applies a biasing force to the moveable member in such a direction as to increase the volumes of the working fluid chambers when the moveable member is displaced against a biasing force of the first biasing member by a predetermined amount or more. The biasing force of the first biasing member is set such that before the moveable member is displaced against the biasing force of the first biasing member, the valve timing control device is shifted to a release state in which an open-and-closure timing of an engine valve is variably controlled.

Abstract: A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an intake valve operating angle varying mechanism, and an intake valve timing varying mechanism. The intake valve timing varying mechanism includes a housing rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft, and a vane member coupled to a drive shaft for intake valve operation, and movably mounted in the housing. The vane member includes a vane defining first and second fluid pressure chambers on first and second opposite sides of the vane. A hydraulic circuit is arranged to rotate the vane member relative to the housing by supply and return of a brake fluid to and from the first and second fluid pressure chambers so as to change the intake valve maximum lift phase. Coil springs are arranged to bias the vane member relative to the housing in a direction to retard the intake valve maximum lift phase.

Abstract: A plurality of advanced angle chamber oil paths communicated to advanced angle hydraulic chambers and a plurality of retarded angle chamber oil paths communicated to retarded angle hydraulic chambers according to a change in rotating angle of a cam shaft are provided. The plurality of advanced angle chamber oil paths and the plurality of retarded angle chamber oil paths, respectively, are switched between communication and cut-off according to a rotating angle of the cam shaft. When torque in the direction of advanced angle acts in an advanced angle mode for phase shifting in the direction of advanced angle, the advanced angle hydraulic chambers are caused to communicate to a hydraulic power source and the retarded angle hydraulic chambers are caused to communicate to a drain.

Abstract: A variable displacement pump including a chamber volume varying mechanism including a moveable member, a first biasing member always biasing the moveable member in such a direction as to increase volumes of the working fluid chambers, and a second biasing member that is disposed with a set load and applies a biasing force to the moveable member in such a direction as to increase the volumes of the working fluid chambers when the moveable member is displaced against a biasing force of the first biasing member by a predetermined amount or more. The biasing force of the first biasing member is set such that before the moveable member is displaced against the biasing force of the first biasing member, the valve timing control device is shifted to a release state in which an open-and-closure timing of an engine valve is variably controlled.

Abstract: A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an intake valve operating angle varying mechanism, and an intake valve timing varying mechanism. The intake valve timing varying mechanism includes a housing rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft, and a vane member coupled to a drive shaft for intake valve operation, and movably mounted in the housing. The vane member includes a vane defining first and second fluid pressure chambers on first and second opposite sides of the vane. A hydraulic circuit is arranged to rotate the vane member relative to the housing by supply and return of a brake fluid to and from the first and second fluid pressure chambers so as to change the intake valve maximum lift phase. Coil springs are arranged to bias the vane member relative to the housing in a direction to retard the intake valve maximum lift phase.

Abstract: A device for controlling a phase of a cam shaft in an internal combustion engine has a structure which can return a phase of a cam shaft to an intermediate position on the basis of its own power by utilizing a variable torque applied to a cam shaft at a time of starting an engine so as to lock, and has a high practicability and mass production performance.

Abstract: A parallel guide portion as an integral structure of a sprocket and a vane, as well as a slant guide portion, are arranged alternately on the same circumference, with circumferential gaps being formed between said guide portion and the parallel guide portion, said guide portion having a shape such that the circumferential gaps become smaller in one axial direction of a cam shaft. Wedge members are disposed in the circumferential gaps respectively and are moved in one axial direction to fill up the circumferential gaps, thereby fixing the phase between the sprocket and the vane into a locked state. The wedge angle of each wedge member is set sufficiently small and, by utilizing varying torques acting on the cam shaft, said members are each moved and locked in one axial direction with a spring. Said members are actuated in an opposite axial direction with oil pressure to release the locked state, thereby permitting a phase angle control.

Abstract: A plurality of advanced angle chamber oil paths communicated to advanced angle hydraulic chambers and a plurality of retarded angle chamber oil paths communicated to retarded angle hydraulic chambers according to a change in rotating angle of a cam shaft are provided. The plurality of advanced angle chamber oil paths and the plurality of retarded angle chamber oil paths, respectively, are switched between communication and cut-off according to a rotating angle of the cam shaft. When torque in the direction of advanced angle acts in an advanced angle mode for phase shifting in the direction of advanced angle, the advanced angle hydraulic chambers are caused to communicate to a hydraulic power source and the retarded angle hydraulic chambers are caused to communicate to a drain.

Abstract: A parallel guide portion as an integral structure of a sprocket and a vane, as well as a slant guide portion, are arranged alternately on the same circumference, with circumferential gaps being formed between said guide portion and the parallel guide portion, said guide portion having a shape such that the circumferential gaps become smaller in one axial direction of a cam shaft. Wedge members are disposed in the circumferential gaps respectively and are moved in one axial direction to fill up the circumferential gaps, thereby fixing the phase between the sprocket and the vane into a locked state. The wedge angle of each wedge member is set sufficiently small and, by utilizing varying torques acting on the cam shaft, said members are each moved and locked in one axial direction with a spring. Said members are actuated in an opposite axial direction with oil pressure to release the locked state, thereby permitting a phase angle control.

Abstract: A valve timing control system includes a first device for changing a mounting angle between driving and driven rotators through relative rotation thereof and including first and second rotating mechanisms coupled to each other in series, and a second device for locking the first device at a mounting-angle position which is suitable for engine start and is set between a most-lagged-angle position and a most-advanced-angle position. The second device includes a first lock mechanism for locking the first rotating mechanism at one of the most-lagged-angle position and the most-advanced-angle position and a second lock mechanism for locking the second rotating mechanism at another position. The first and second rotating mechanisms are locked by the first and second lock mechanisms at opposite positions to maintain the mounting angle at the mounting-angle position suitable for engine start.

Abstract: A valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine includes a housing having and a cover member mounted thereto, a phase adjusting mechanism accommodated in the housing to hydraulically change the rotation phase of a crankshaft and a camshaft, a supply/discharge rod arranged through a through hole of the cover member and connected to the phase adjusting mechanism, a seal ring engaged with the supply/discharge rod to hermetically seal a clearance between the supply/discharge rod and the phase adjusting mechanism, a taper surface formed on the periphery of the through hole to increase the diameter of the through hole toward the outside of the housing, and a protrusion formed with the cover member in a radially inside area thereof to protrude in the axial direction of the system, wherein the through hole is formed at the protrusion.

Abstract: A valve timing control system includes a first device for changing a mounting angle between driving and driven rotators through relative rotation thereof and including first and second rotating mechanisms coupled to each other in series, and a second device for locking the first device at a mounting-angle position which is suitable for engine start and is set between a most-lagged-angle position and a most-advanced-angle position. The second device includes a first lock mechanism for locking the first rotating mechanism at one of the most-lagged-angle position and the most-advanced-angle position and a second lock mechanism for locking the second rotating mechanism at another position. The first and second rotating mechanisms are locked by the first and second lock mechanisms at opposite positions to maintain the mounting angle at the mounting-angle position suitable for engine start.

Abstract: A valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine includes a housing having and a cover member mounted thereto, a phase adjusting mechanism accommodated in the housing to hydraulically change the rotation phase of a crankshaft and a camshaft, a supply/discharge rod arranged through a through hole of the cover member and connected to the phase adjusting mechanism, a seal ring engaged with the supply/discharge rod to hermetically seal a clearance between the supply/discharge rod and the phase adjusting mechanism, a taper surface formed on the periphery of the through hole to increase the diameter of the through hole toward the outside of the housing, and a protrusion formed with the cover member in a radially inside area thereof to protrude in the axial direction of the system, wherein the through hole is formed at the protrusion.