Valve opening/closing timing control apparatus

• US 10,240,492 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2016
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.), Nifco Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.), Nifco Incorporated
• Inventors: Noguchi, Yuji, Hamasaki, Hiroyuki, Mizuno, Youhei
• Primary Examiner(s): Eshete, Zelalem
• Application Number:
  US15/374,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20170198612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/047 Camshafts
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 1/3442 using hydraulic chambers with variable volume to transmit the rotating force
• 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 2001/3444 Oil filters
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2001/34456 Locking in only one position
• 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 2301/00 Using particular materials
• CPC Class Codes: F01L 2810/04 Reducing noise

Abstract

There are provided a cylindrical portion in which a passage for feeding/discharging working fluid to/from a fluid pressure chamber is formed and which is disposed inside a driven-side rotary body, a bolt member that connects the driven-side rotary body to a cam shaft, a valve body body for regulating a flow direction of the working fluid relative to the fluid pressure chamber and a valve accommodating body that accommodates the valve body, the valve body and the valve accommodating body being disposed inside the cylindrical portion, and an urging portion provided on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side of the valve accommodating body and configured to generate a repulsive force between an other object that regulates a position of the valve accommodating body and the valve accommodating body.

Claims

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

a driving-side rotary body that is rotated in synchronism with a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine;

a driven-side rotary body that is disposed coaxially with a rotational axis of the driving-side rotary body and that is rotated in synchronism with a cam shaft of the internal combustion engine;

a fluid pressure chamber formed between the driving-side rotary body and the driven-side rotary body, and configured to change a relative phase between the driving-side rotary body and the driven-side rotary body by feeding/discharging of working fluid;

a bolt member having a tubular portion that forms a passage for feeding/discharging the working fluid to/from the fluid pressure chamber and that is disposed inside the driven-side rotary body, the bolt member connecting the driven-side rotary body and the cam shaft;

a valve body and a valve accommodating body that are disposed inside the tubular portion, the valve body being configured to regulate a flow direction of the working fluid relative to the fluid pressure chamber, the valve accommodating portion being configured to accommodate the valve body;

a retainer that regulates a position of the valve accommodating body;

an urging portion that urges the valve accommodating body;

the tubular portion comprising a stepped portion that includes a radial base portion; and

a space between the radial base portion and the retainer.

2. The valve opening/closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the urging portion comprises an O-ring formed of elastic material.

3. The valve opening/closing timing control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an annular portion of the valve accommodating body contacts the O-ring and includes a convex/concave portion that is continuous in the circumferential direction.

4. The valve opening/closing timing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the urging portion comprises a convex portion integral with a part of the valve accommodating body and deformable by contact of the convex portion with the other object.