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Valve timing control device

US6173686A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1998
Grant dateJan 16, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01L2001/34426
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A valve timing control device comprising, a cam shaft assembled within an engine, a rotational transmitting member having a concave portion, which is mounted around the cam shaft to rotate relative thereto within a predetermined range for transmitting a rotational power from a crank pulley, vanes provided on the cam shaft, fluid chambers formed between the cam shaft and the concave portion, which are separated into advancing and delaying chambers by the vanes, a fluid supplying means for supplying fluid under pressure to a selected one of the advancing and delaying chambers, and a stopper located between a radially inner portion of a side wall of the concave portion and the vane to restrict rotate relative between the rotational transmitting member and the cam shaft.

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