Valve opening and closing timing control apparatus

• US 10,113,450 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2016
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Suganuma, Hideyuki, Noguchi, Yuji, Asahi, Takeo, Hamasaki, Hiroyuki, Sakakibara, Toru, Kajita, Tomohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Laurenzi, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARRIS, WESLEY G
• Application Number:
  US15/275,806
• Publication Number:
  US 20170130621A1
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 123 9015- 9017
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/053 overhead type
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/34 characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/3442 using hydraulic chambers with variable volume to transmit the rotating force
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/0537 Double overhead camshafts [DOHC]
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34423 Details relating to the hydraulic feeding circuit
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34426 Oil control valves
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/3443 Solenoid driven oil control valves
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34433 Location oil control valves
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34483 Phaser return springs
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2201/00 Electronic control systems; Apparatus or methods therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 13/0219 by shifting the phase, i.e. the opening periods of the valves are constant
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 13/0402 for linearly sliding valves, e.g. spool valves

Abstract

A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotor synchronously rotating with a crankshaft of an engine; a driven side rotor disposed at a coaxial core with a rotary shaft core of the driving side rotor and integrally rotating with a camshaft for a valve opening and closing; a connecting bolt disposed at the coaxial core with the rotary shaft core to connect the driven side rotor to the camshaft, and on which an advance angle port and a retard angle port are formed on an outer peripheral surface; and a spool disposed in a spool chamber of the inside of the connecting bolt, and controlling the feeding and discharging of working fluid to the advance angle port or the retard angle port from a pump port formed on the connecting bolt.

Claims

1. A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus comprising:

a driving side rotor that synchronously rotates with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine;

a driven side rotor that is disposed at a coaxial core with a rotary shaft core of the driving side rotor and integrally rotates with a camshaft for a valve opening and closing;

a connecting bolt that is disposed at the coaxial core with the rotary shaft core to connect the driven side rotor to the camshaft, and on which an advance angle port communicating with an advance angle chamber partitioned between the driving side rotor and the driven side rotor and a retard angle port communicating with a retard angle chamber partitioned between the driving side rotor and the driven side rotor are formed on an outer peripheral surface; and

a spool that is disposed in a spool chamber of the inside of the connecting bolt, and controls the feeding and discharging of working fluid to the advance angle port or the retard angle port from a pump port formed on the connecting bolt,

wherein the connecting bolt is configured to include a bolt body to be connected to the driven side rotor and a sleeve externally fitting to the bolt body,

wherein the pump port is formed as a through hole over the spool chamber and the outer peripheral surface on the bolt body, and the advance angle port and the retard angle port are formed as a through hole over the bolt body and the sleeve,

wherein an inside space of the camshaft to which the working fluid is supplied from a fluid pressure pump is formed in the camshaft, and one end portion of the sleeve of the connecting bolt to be connected to the camshaft is exposed to the inside space of the camshaft,

wherein an introduction flow passage for supplying the working fluid from the inside space of the camshaft to the pump port is formed to a region avoiding the advance angle port and the retard angle port on at least any one of an inner peripheral surface of the sleeve and the outer peripheral surface of the bolt body,

wherein a regulation mechanism is provided which regulates a posture of rotation around the rotary shaft core of the bolt body and the sleeve, while allowing movement to abut on a portion of the driven side rotor in a direction along the rotary shaft core of the sleeve to the bolt body,

wherein the regulation mechanism includes a first engagement portion formed on the bolt body, a second engagement portion formed on the sleeve, and a engagement member engaged with the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion, and

wherein a gap to allow relative movement in a direction along the rotary shaft core of the bolt body and the sleeve is formed between the first engagement portion and the engagement member or between the second engagement portion and the engagement member.

2. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first engagement portion is formed as a bag-shaped hole with respect to the outer surface of the bolt body.

3. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein a retainer receiving a biasing force of a spring projecting and biasing the spool is press-fitted and fixed to the spool chamber, and the first engagement portion is disposed at a position deviated in the direction along the rotary shaft core from the position to which the retainer is press-fitted and fixed.

4. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a retainer receiving a biasing force of a spring projecting and biasing the spool is press-fitted and fixed to the spool chamber, and the first engagement portion is disposed at a position deviated in the direction along the rotary shaft core from the position to which the retainer is press-fitted and fixed.

5. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the engagement member comprises an engagement pin.