Valve opening and closing timing control apparatus

• US 10,202,878 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2015
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Noguchi, Yuji, Asahi, Takeo, Sakakibara, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Laurenzi, Mark A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Harris, Wesley G
• Application Number:
  US15/318,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20170122138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/047 Camshafts
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/0532 the cams being directly in contact with the driven valve
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/3442 using hydraulic chambers with variable volume to transmit the rotating force
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/0476 Camshaft bearings
• 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 2001/3445 Details relating to the hydraulic means for changing the angular relationship
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34463 Locking position intermediate between most retarded and most advanced positions
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34469 Lock movement parallel to camshaft axis
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34479 Sealing of phaser devices
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34483 Phaser return springs
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2250/02 the camshaft being driven by chains
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2820/041 Camshafts position or phase sensors

Abstract

A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes a driving-side rotation member, a driven-side rotation member, a tubular member provided at an inner portion of the driven-side rotation member, a bolt in a tubular form provided at an inner side of the tubular member, an introduction passage provided at least at one of the bolt and the tubular member between the bolt and the tubular member and bringing a working fluid to flow in the rotation axis direction, an introduction communication passage provided at the bolt to bring the working fluid at the introduction passage to flow to an inner side of the bolt, an advanced angle communication passage and a retarded angle communication passage provided at different positions from each other in a longitudinal direction of the rotation axis, and a control valve body provided at the inner side of the bolt.

Claims

1. A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus comprising

a driving-side rotation member synchronously rotating with a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine;

a driven-side rotation member supported at an inner side of the driving-side rotation member to be rotatable at a rotation axis serving as a common rotation axis between the driven-side rotation member and the driving-side rotation member, the driven-side rotation member integrally rotating with a camshaft for opening and closing a valve of the internal combustion engine;

a tubular member provided at an inner portion of the driven-side rotation member;

a bolt in a tubular form provided at an inner side of the tubular member to connect the driven-side rotation member and the camshaft to each other;

an advanced angle chamber and a retarded angle chamber defined and provided between the driving-side rotation member and the driven-side rotation member;

an advanced angle flow passage and a retarded angle flow passage provided at the driven-side rotation member, the advanced angle flow passage being in communication with the advanced angle chamber, the retarded angle flow passage being in communication with the retarded angle chamber;

an introduction passage provided at least at one of the bolt and the tubular member between the bolt and the tubular member, the introduction passage extending along a longitudinal direction of the rotation axis and bringing a working fluid supplied from an outside to flow along the longitudinal direction of the rotation axis;

an introduction communication passage provided at the bolt to bring the working fluid at the introduction passage to flow to an inner side of the bolt;

an advanced angle communication passage and a retarded angle communication passage provided at different positions from each other along the longitudinal direction of the rotation axis of the bolt; and

a control valve body provided at the inner side of the bolt to reciprocate along the rotation axis, the control valve body supplying the working fluid from the introduction communication passage to one of the advanced angle communication passage and the retarded angle communication passage,

wherein the tubular member is externally fitted and fixed to the bolt.

2. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the advanced angle communication passage and the retarded angle communication passage penetrate through the bolt and the tubular member in a direction intersecting with the rotation axis, the advanced angle communication passage and the retarded angle communication passage being provided at different positions from each other along a circumferential direction of the rotation axis relative to the introduction passage so that the working fluid at the inner side of the bolt flows separately to the advanced angle flow passage and the retarded angle flow passage.

3. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning portion which determines a relative position between the bolt and the tubular member in the circumferential direction relative to the rotation axis, the positioning portion being provided at and over the bolt and the tubular member.

4. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning portion which determines a relative position between the bolt and the tubular member in a direction along the rotation axis, the positioning portion being provided at and over the bolt and the tubular member.

5. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a relative position between the bolt and the tubular member is determined by fitting of the bolt and the tubular member to each other.

6. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tubular member is made of one of an aluminum-based material and a resin material.

7. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the introduction passage is provided at an outer peripheral surface of the bolt while an advanced angle annular flow passage connecting the advanced angle communication passage and the advanced angle flow passage to each other and a retarded angle annular flow passage connecting the retarded angle communication passage and the retarded angle flow passage to each other are provided at an inner peripheral surface of the driven-side rotation member.

8. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the introduction passage is provided at an outer peripheral surface of the bolt while an advanced angle annular flow passage connecting the advanced angle communication passage and the advanced angle flow passage to each other and a retarded angle annular flow passage connecting the retarded angle communication passage and the retarded angle flow passage to each other are provided at an outer peripheral surface of the tubular member.

9. The valve opening and closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the introduction passage is provided at an inner peripheral surface of the tubular member while an advanced angle annular flow passage connecting the advanced angle communication passage and the advanced angle flow passage to each other and a retarded angle annular flow passage connecting the retarded angle communication passage and the retarded angle flow passage to each other are provided at an inner peripheral surface of the driven-side rotation member.