US20010010295A1 - Oil path structure - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an oil path structure of an operation hydraulic circuit to control an operation oil pressure in a variable valve timing mechanism of an engine, in particular, an oil path structure in which an oil filter is provided between an oil control valve and an actuator.
- variable valve timing mechanism which varies an opening-closing timing of suction-exhaust valve by shifting a rotating phase of a camshaft to a rotation of a crankshaft is employed in an engine.
- an actuator 3 which makes a rotation of the camshaft 2 shifted to a rotation of the crankshaft 1 and the oil control valve 4 to control the suction and exhaust of an operation oil of the actuator 3 as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12 .
- Such an actuator 3 and oil control valve 4 are in communication with each other by an advance-angle side oil path 5 and a delay-angle side oil path 6 as shown in FIG.
- the actuator 3 is operated on the advance-angle side by changing the oil control valve 4 and being loaded with operation oil in the advance-angle oil path 5 , and on the delay-angle side by being loaded with operation oil in the delay-angle oil path 6 .
- the oil control valve 4 is provided with a solenoid 8 to be operated based on a control signal of an ECU (electronic control unit) 7 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the oil control valve 4 makes a valve timing varied by controlling the suction-exhaust of the operation oil in the actuator 3 while sliding to move a spool 4 b installed in a housing 4 a due to the solenoid 8 in such a manner as the rotating phase of the camshaft 2 is shifted to the rotation of the crankshaft 1 .
- the operation oil pressure is loaded on the advance-angle side oil pressure chamber 16 of the actuator 3 , and an oil filled in a backward-side pressure chamber 17 is returned to the oil control valve 4 and exhausted from the drain port 15 and as a result, the vanes 11 are possible to be turned to the advance-angle side to the housing 10 , that is to the camshaft timing sprocket 9 , thereby, the valve timing can be shifted to the advance-angle side.
- the operation oil of the variable valve timing mechanism is pressured to be transmitted to the oil control valve 4 , through an oil path 21 for the operation oil provided by branching oil path 20 for a lubricant after sucking on oil reserved in an oil pan 18 by an oil pump 19 and being filtered through an oil filter 22 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
- a spool 4 b an a spool hole 4 c in such oil control valve 4 to be fit slidably with the spool 4 b are precisely worked part, so that, any foreign matter in the operation oil may be engaged between the spool 4 b and the spool hole 4 c , the operation of the oil control valve 4 is happened to be malfunctioned.
- an invention in which an oil filter removable through an opening provided outside an engine is provided in the oil path 21 for operation oil being located at an upstream of the oil control valve 4 , is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model laid-open No. Hei 7-42402.
- an object of the present invention is to provide an oil path structure in which the operation of the variable timing mechanism is stabilized by providing an oil filter at the downstream of the oil control valve and removing any foreign matter in the operation oil existing between the oil control valve and the actuator.
- an oil path structure in which an oil path for lubricant of an engine is provided in branching and a variable valve timing mechanism controls supply and exhaust of oil in an operational oil pressure circuit, comprises an oil filter provided at a downstream of the oil control valve while extending axially with an oil path.
- an advance-angle side oil path to operate the actuator to a advance-angle side by being loaded with the operation oil pressure and a delay-angle side oil path to operate the actuator to a delay-angle side by being loaded with the operation oil pressure are disposed, and an oil filter is set at least on one of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path.
- an oil filter is positioned with its side to a portion where actuator 3 and oil control path are crossed.
- an oil filter is set in such a manner as it is extended upward linearly from the oil control valve mounting face.
- an oil filter is provided with a sleeve and its side is formed bottomed cylinder of mesh, which is fit with the oil path to be formed in an oil path.
- the structure of the oil filter can be simplified. Further, since an occupied volume of an oil filter can be set small, an oil filter can be set in the operation oil path for both of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path.
- FIG. 1 is a vertically sectional drawing showing an oil path structure of an embodiment of the present invention in particular of a advance-angle side oil path of one portion of a timing chain case.
- FIG. 2 is a vertically sectional drawing showing an oil path structure of an embodiment of the present invention in particular of a delay-angle side oil path of one portion of a timing chain case.
- FIG. 3 is for explaining an operation oil path of an engine with a variable valve timing mechanism.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram explaining an operation oil pressure circuit of the variable valve timing mechanism.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram explaining an operation oil pressure circuit of the variable valve timing mechanism.
- FIG. 6 is for explaining a function of an oil control valve, in particular, at the time when a solenoid is located intermediately.
- FIG. 7 is for explaining a function of an oil control valve, in particular, a state where a supply port and a advance-angle side port are in communication with.
- FIG. 8 is for explaining a function of an oil control valve, in particular, a state where a supply port and a delay-angle side port are in communication with.
- FIG. 9 is for explaining an oil filter provided in an operation oil pressure circuit of a variable valve timing mechanism.
- FIG. 10 is a front view of an engine with a variable timing mechanism, partially in section.
- FIG. 11 is a side view of an engine with a variable valve timing mechanism, partially in section.
- FIG. 12 is a plan view of an engine with a variable valve timing mechanism, partially in section.
- FIGS. 1 to 9 An embodiment of an oil path structure of the present invention is explained based on FIGS. 1 to 9 .
- an oil path of the embodiment of the present invention by disposing an oil filter 23 at a downstream of an oil control valve 4 to control a supply-exhaust of an operation oil pressure to the actuator 3 of a variable valve timing mechanism, any foreign matter existing in the operation oil between the actuator 3 and the oil control valve 4 is adapted to be removed.
- the advance-angle side oil path 5 and the delay-angle side oil path 6 are disposed between the actuator 3 of the variable valve timing mechanism and the oil control valve 4 for controlling the operation oil pressure to the actuator 3 , and in each oil path 5 , 6 the oil filter 23 (see FIG. 9) is set.
- the operation oil to operate the actuator 3 of the variable valve timing mechanism is pressurized to be transmitted to the oil control valve 4 by the oil pump 19 (see FIG. 3).
- a timing chain 26 (see FIG. 11) is wound around a crank sprocket 24 and a camshaft timing sprocket 9 , as shown in FIG. 3, and the camshaft 2 is made to be synchronized with the crankshaft 1 to be rotated. And, the actuator 3 is operated and by changing a rotation phase of the camshaft 2 to the crankshaft 1 , a valve timing is structured to be shifted to a advance-angle side or delay-angle side.
- a housing 10 to rotate integrally with the camshaft timing sprocket 9 and vanes 11 to make a rotation phase of the camshaft 2 to the crankshaft 1 shifted by turning around the rotation shaft of the camshaft 2 are provided.
- the operation oil pressure is made to be loaded on the advance-angle side oil pressure chamber 16 formed in the actuator 3 and the operation oil in the delay-angle side oil pressure chamber 17 is made to be exhausted from the delay-angle side oil path 6 as shown in FIG. 4.
- the vane 11 is turned clockwise in FIG.
- a rotation phase of the camshaft 2 to the crankshaft 1 is made to be shifted to the advance-angle side.
- the operational pressure is made to be loaded in the delay-angle side oil pressure chamber 17 and the operation oil in the advance-angle side oil pressure chamber 16 is made to be exhausted from the advance-angle side oil path 5 , thereby, the vane 11 are relatively rotated anti-clockwise in FIG. 4 to the housing 10 , to make the rotation phase of the camshaft 2 to the crankshaft 1 shifted to the delay-angle side.
- the oil control valve 4 comprises a housing 4 a , a spool 4 b installed slidably in a spool hole 4 c of the housing 4 a and a solenoid 8 of a 3-position type to make the spool 4 b slid and operated based on a signal of an ECU (electronic control unit) 7 (see FIGS. 4 and 5). Further, the housing 4 a is provided with a supply port 12 supplied with the operation oil pressurized by the oil pump 19 (see FIG.
- an advance-angle side port 13 connected to the advance-angle oil path 5
- a delay-angle side port 14 connected to the delay-angle side oil path 6
- a drain port 15 to return the operation oil exhausted from the advance-angle side oil pressure chamber 16 or delay-angle side oil pressure chamber 17 to the timing chain case 25 (see FIG. 3) and each port is in communication with the spool hole 4 c .
- the advance-angle port 13 and the supply port 12 are in communication with each other and the delay-angle port 14 and the drain port 15 are in communication with each other.
- the delay-angle port 14 and the supply port 12 are in communication with each other and the advance-angle port 13 and the drain port 15 are in communication with each other.
- the advance-angle side port 13 , the delay-angle side port 14 and the supply port 12 are in a shuttered state.
- an oil path structure in the operation oil pressure circuit is explained.
- the oil path 21 for operation oil is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, provided on the timing chain case 25 by branching an oil path 20 for lubricant, and structured so as to be in communication with the supply port 12 of the oil control valve 4 set at a given portion of the timing chain case 25 .
- a advance-angle side oil path 5 b is provided, one opening of which is in communication with the advance-angle side oil path 5 a and another opening of which is in communication with the advance-angle side port 13 .
- timing chain case 25 is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, provided with the delay-angle side oil path 6 b , one opening of which is in communication with the delay-angle side oil path 6 a and another opening of which is in communication with the delay-angle side port 14 of the oil control valve 4 .
- the advance-angle side oil path 5 b is structured, as shown in FIG. 1, in such a manner as a hole 28 a formed substantially in parallel with the camshaft 2 directing from a mounting face 25 a of the timing chain case 25 to an oil control valve mounting face 25 b and a hole 28 b extended toward an axial direction of the hole 28 a from an oil control valve mounting face 25 b side of the timing chain case 25 are crossed. Further, as shown in FIG.
- the hole 28 b is formed upward so as to be inclined at a given angle from the oil control valve counting face 25 b , a diameter of an opening 28 d is formed larger than the other members.
- an oil filter 23 is set as shown in FIG. 1, and the oil filter 23 is formed with its side 23 a in mesh 23 c and bottomed cylinder, and by fitting a sleeve 23 b formed at an opening portion 28 d in the hole 28 b is set on the advance-angle side oil path 5 b while facing on a crossing portion 28 c of the hole 28 a and the hole 28 b.
- the delay-angle side oil path 6 b is structured in such a manner as a hole 29 a formed substantially in parallel with the camshaft 2 directing from a mounting face 25 a of the timing chain case 25 to an oil control valve mounting face 25 b and a hole 29 b extended toward an axial direction of the hole 29 a from an oil control valve mounting face 25 b side of the timing chain case 25 are crossed. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the hole 29 b is formed upward so as to be inclined at a given angle from the oil control valve mounting face 25 b , a diameter of an opening 29 d is formed larger than the other members.
- an oil filter 23 is set as shown in FIG. 2.
- the oil filter 23 (see FIG. 1) is same to the one set in the hole 28 b of the advance-angle side oil path 5 b , and by fitting a sleeve 23 b formed at an opening portion 29 d in the hole 29 b it is set on the delay-angle side oil path 6 b while facing to a crossing portion 29 c of the hole 29 a and the hole 29 b.
- the operation oil of the advance-angle side oil path 5 is flown in the advance-angle side oil pressure chamber 16 formed on the actuator 3 of the variable valve timing mechanism, and the operation oil of the delay-angle side oil pressure chamber 17 is down-streamed in the delay-angle oil path 6 and flown in the oil control valve 4 after passing through the side face 23 a of the oil filter 23 set at the hole 29 b and exhausted inside the timing chain case 25 from the drain port 15 .
- the solenoid 8 is driven by the control signal of the ECU (electric control unit)(see FIGS. 4 and 5) 7 , the spool 4 b of the oil control valve 4 is shifted to the left side of FIG. 6 from the intermediate position of FIG. 6, and as shown in FIG. 8, so that, the supply port 12 of the oil control valve 4 and the delay-angle side port 14 are in communication with each other and the drain port 15 and the advance-angle side port 13 are in communication with each other.
- the operation oil of the delay-angle side oil path 6 flows in the delay-angle side oil pressure chamber 17 formed in the actuator 3 of the variable valve timing mechanism
- the operation oil of the advance-angle side oil pressure chamber 16 flows down the advance-angle oil path 5 and flows in the oil control valve 4 after passing through the side face 23 a of the oil filter 23 set on the hole 28 b and is exhausted from the drain port 15 inside of the timing chain case 25 .
- the oil filter 23 is simple in its structure and is able to be assembled by fitting the sleeve 23 b in the holes of 28 b and 29 b , the diameter of the filter can be reduced to decrease its occupied volume and both of the advance-angle side oil path 5 and the delay-angle side oil path 6 can be provided with the filter 23 respectively. Further, since the oil filter 23 is set so as to make the side face 23 a faced to the crossing portions 28 c and 29 c of the advance-angle side oil path 5 and the delay-angle side oil path 6 , the effective area as a filter is increased to reduce a loss of pressure of the operation oil pressure and the filter 23 can be prevented from being stuffed to lengthen the cycle of maintenance of the filter. And, since the oil filter 23 is set inclined so as to direct upward, the captured or deposited foreign matters in the hole where the filter is set at the downstream of the oil control valve, are easily removed at the time of maintenance.
- the oil filter is set at the downstream of the oil control valve, possible malfunction of the variable valve timing mechanism, which is caused by any foreign matter existing in the operation oil of the downstream of the oil filter and by being engaged in the sliding portion of the spool of the oil control valve, can be avoided. Further, since the oil filter is set while extending in the axial direction of the oil filter path, the filter diameter can be downsized, so that the oil filter can be set in plural oil paths.
- the oil filter is set at least in either one of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path, it can be avoided that the operation of the variable valve timing mechanism is malfunctioned due to entering in the oil control valve of any foreign matter existing in the operation oil between the actuator of the variable valve timing mechanism and the control valve to control the supply and exhaust of the operation oil to and from the actuator being engaged in the sliding portion of the spool.
- the side of the oil filter is disposed at each crossing portion of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path so as to face thereto, the effective area of the filter is broadened and the pressure loss of the operation oil can be outstandingly reduced. Also, the mesh stuffing of the oil filter is avoided to lengthen the maintenance cycle of the oil filter.
- the oil filter is set inclined upward linearly, the foreign materials captured by the filter or deposited in the hole set with the oil filter can be easily removed.
- the occupied volume of the oil filter can be downsized to enable to set it in both of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path.
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The oil filter 23 is set in the downstream of the oil control valve 4 while being extended in the axial direction of the advance-angle side oil path.
Thereby, any foreign matter existing between the control valve 4 and the actuator 3 is removed by the filter 23 to avoid a situation to engage the foreign matter in the coil control valve 4 and to stabilize the operation of the variable valve timing mechanism.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to an oil path structure of an operation hydraulic circuit to control an operation oil pressure in a variable valve timing mechanism of an engine, in particular, an oil path structure in which an oil filter is provided between an oil control valve and an actuator.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- Conventionally, a variable valve timing mechanism which varies an opening-closing timing of suction-exhaust valve by shifting a rotating phase of a camshaft to a rotation of a crankshaft is employed in an engine. In general, in an engine mounting such a variable valve timing mechanism an
actuator 3 which makes a rotation of thecamshaft 2 shifted to a rotation of thecrankshaft 1 and theoil control valve 4 to control the suction and exhaust of an operation oil of theactuator 3 as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12. Such anactuator 3 andoil control valve 4 are in communication with each other by an advance-angleside oil path 5 and a delay-angleside oil path 6 as shown in FIG. 3, theactuator 3 is operated on the advance-angle side by changing theoil control valve 4 and being loaded with operation oil in the advance-angle oil path 5, and on the delay-angle side by being loaded with operation oil in the delay-angle oil path 6. Furthermore, theoil control valve 4 is provided with asolenoid 8 to be operated based on a control signal of an ECU (electronic control unit) 7 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and theoil control valve 4 makes a valve timing varied by controlling the suction-exhaust of the operation oil in theactuator 3 while sliding to move aspool 4 b installed in ahousing 4 a due to thesolenoid 8 in such a manner as the rotating phase of thecamshaft 2 is shifted to the rotation of thecrankshaft 1. In such anactuator 3 of the variable valve timing mechanism, what is provided with ahousing 10 rotating integrally with acamshaft timing sprocket 9 and vanes 11 rotatable around a rotation shaft of thecamshaft sprocket 9 at a given range to thehousing 10 has been. And, in order to operate theactuator 3 on the advance-angle side, aspool 4 b of anoil control valve 4 is moved right like in FIG. 6 from an intermediate position of FIG. 6 to cause asupply port 12 of the operation hydraulic oil to be communicated with the advance-angle side port 13 and adrain port 15 is made to be communicated with the delay-angle side port 14. Thereby, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the operation oil pressure is loaded on the advance-angle sideoil pressure chamber 16 of theactuator 3, and an oil filled in a backward-side pressure chamber 17 is returned to theoil control valve 4 and exhausted from thedrain port 15 and as a result, thevanes 11 are possible to be turned to the advance-angle side to thehousing 10, that is to thecamshaft timing sprocket 9, thereby, the valve timing can be shifted to the advance-angle side. For reference, the operation oil of the variable valve timing mechanism is pressured to be transmitted to theoil control valve 4, through anoil path 21 for the operation oil provided by branchingoil path 20 for a lubricant after sucking on oil reserved in anoil pan 18 by anoil pump 19 and being filtered through anoil filter 22 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. - Further, a
spool 4 b an aspool hole 4 c in suchoil control valve 4 to be fit slidably with thespool 4 b are precisely worked part, so that, any foreign matter in the operation oil may be engaged between thespool 4 b and thespool hole 4 c, the operation of theoil control valve 4 is happened to be malfunctioned. Then, an invention, in which an oil filter removable through an opening provided outside an engine is provided in theoil path 21 for operation oil being located at an upstream of theoil control valve 4, is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model laid-open No. Hei 7-42402. - However, in the invention disclosed in the above UM Model laid-open No. Hei 7-42402, it is impossible to remove some foreign matters mixed in the operation oil which is returned to the
oil control valve 4 from theactuator 3, as a result, such foreign matters are engaged with between thespool 4 b and thespool hole 4 c, which is threatened to cause a malfunction on the operation of theoil control valve 4. Further, this oil filter is disposed at an intersection between the oil paths perpendicularly crossed each other, and since the operation oil is flown from a cylindrical opening and flown out from a side, a loss of pressure is great, so that, a functional (response function) decrease of the variable valve timing mechanism is problematic. - Therefore, the present invention has been made in the light of the above circumstance, an object of the present invention is to provide an oil path structure in which the operation of the variable timing mechanism is stabilized by providing an oil filter at the downstream of the oil control valve and removing any foreign matter in the operation oil existing between the oil control valve and the actuator.
- In order to attain the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, an oil path structure in which an oil path for lubricant of an engine is provided in branching and a variable valve timing mechanism controls supply and exhaust of oil in an operational oil pressure circuit, comprises an oil filter provided at a downstream of the oil control valve while extending axially with an oil path.
- By being structured like the above, any foreign matter existing in the operation oil can be removed. Since the oil filter is set while extending in an axial direction, a diameter of the filter can be reduced.
- Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, between the oil control valve and the actuator of the variable timing mechanism, an advance-angle side oil path to operate the actuator to a advance-angle side by being loaded with the operation oil pressure and a delay-angle side oil path to operate the actuator to a delay-angle side by being loaded with the operation oil pressure are disposed, and an oil filter is set at least on one of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path.
- By being structured like the above, any foreign matter possibly existing in the operation oil at the downstream of the oil control valve can be removed.
- According to a third aspect of the present invention, an oil filter is positioned with its side to a portion where
actuator 3 and oil control path are crossed. - By being structured like the above, a pressure loss at the time of passing of the operation oil through the oil filter is extremely reduced.
- According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an oil filter is set in such a manner as it is extended upward linearly from the oil control valve mounting face.
- By being structured like the above, foreign matters captured through an oil filter or deposited in a hole set with the oil filter are easily removed. Further, since the area of a filter through which the operation oil passes can be set broad, the filter is not likely stuffed, a maintenance cycle of the filter can be set longer.
- According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, an oil filter is provided with a sleeve and its side is formed bottomed cylinder of mesh, which is fit with the oil path to be formed in an oil path.
- By being structured like the above, the structure of the oil filter can be simplified. Further, since an occupied volume of an oil filter can be set small, an oil filter can be set in the operation oil path for both of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path.
- FIG. 1 is a vertically sectional drawing showing an oil path structure of an embodiment of the present invention in particular of a advance-angle side oil path of one portion of a timing chain case.
- FIG. 2 is a vertically sectional drawing showing an oil path structure of an embodiment of the present invention in particular of a delay-angle side oil path of one portion of a timing chain case.
- FIG. 3 is for explaining an operation oil path of an engine with a variable valve timing mechanism.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram explaining an operation oil pressure circuit of the variable valve timing mechanism.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram explaining an operation oil pressure circuit of the variable valve timing mechanism.
- FIG. 6 is for explaining a function of an oil control valve, in particular, at the time when a solenoid is located intermediately.
- FIG. 7 is for explaining a function of an oil control valve, in particular, a state where a supply port and a advance-angle side port are in communication with.
- FIG. 8 is for explaining a function of an oil control valve, in particular, a state where a supply port and a delay-angle side port are in communication with.
- FIG. 9 is for explaining an oil filter provided in an operation oil pressure circuit of a variable valve timing mechanism.
- FIG. 10 is a front view of an engine with a variable timing mechanism, partially in section.
- FIG. 11 is a side view of an engine with a variable valve timing mechanism, partially in section.
- FIG. 12 is a plan view of an engine with a variable valve timing mechanism, partially in section.
- An embodiment of an oil path structure of the present invention is explained based on FIGS.1 to 9. First, an outline of an oil path structure of an embodiment of the present invention is explained. In an oil path of the embodiment of the present invention, by disposing an
oil filter 23 at a downstream of anoil control valve 4 to control a supply-exhaust of an operation oil pressure to theactuator 3 of a variable valve timing mechanism, any foreign matter existing in the operation oil between theactuator 3 and theoil control valve 4 is adapted to be removed. Further, in the oil path structure of the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the advance-angleside oil path 5 and the delay-angleside oil path 6 are disposed between theactuator 3 of the variable valve timing mechanism and theoil control valve 4 for controlling the operation oil pressure to theactuator 3, and in eachoil path actuator 3 of the variable valve timing mechanism is pressurized to be transmitted to theoil control valve 4 by the oil pump 19 (see FIG. 3). - Next, the variable valve timing mechanism is explained. A timing chain26 (see FIG. 11) is wound around a crank sprocket 24 and a
camshaft timing sprocket 9, as shown in FIG. 3, and thecamshaft 2 is made to be synchronized with thecrankshaft 1 to be rotated. And, theactuator 3 is operated and by changing a rotation phase of thecamshaft 2 to thecrankshaft 1, a valve timing is structured to be shifted to a advance-angle side or delay-angle side. - In the
actuator 3 of such a variable valve timing mechanism, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, ahousing 10 to rotate integrally with thecamshaft timing sprocket 9 andvanes 11 to make a rotation phase of thecamshaft 2 to thecrankshaft 1 shifted by turning around the rotation shaft of thecamshaft 2 are provided. And, where the valve timing is made to be shifted to the advance-angle side, by switching theoil control valve 4, the operation oil pressure is made to be loaded on the advance-angle sideoil pressure chamber 16 formed in theactuator 3 and the operation oil in the delay-angle sideoil pressure chamber 17 is made to be exhausted from the delay-angleside oil path 6 as shown in FIG. 4. Thereby, thevane 11 is turned clockwise in FIG. 4 relatively to thehousing 10, as shown in FIG. 5, a rotation phase of thecamshaft 2 to thecrankshaft 1 is made to be shifted to the advance-angle side. Now, where the valve timing is made to be shifted to the delay-angle side, by switching theoil control valve 4, the operational pressure is made to be loaded in the delay-angle sideoil pressure chamber 17 and the operation oil in the advance-angle sideoil pressure chamber 16 is made to be exhausted from the advance-angleside oil path 5, thereby, thevane 11 are relatively rotated anti-clockwise in FIG. 4 to thehousing 10, to make the rotation phase of thecamshaft 2 to thecrankshaft 1 shifted to the delay-angle side. - Next, a structure of the
control valve 4 to control a supply and exhaustion of the operation oil pressure to theactuator 3 is explained. Theoil control valve 4 comprises ahousing 4 a, aspool 4 b installed slidably in aspool hole 4 c of thehousing 4 a and asolenoid 8 of a 3-position type to make thespool 4 b slid and operated based on a signal of an ECU (electronic control unit) 7 (see FIGS. 4 and 5). Further, thehousing 4 a is provided with asupply port 12 supplied with the operation oil pressurized by the oil pump 19 (see FIG. 3), an advance-angle side port 13 connected to the advance-angle oil path 5, a delay-angle side port 14 connected to the delay-angleside oil path 6 and adrain port 15 to return the operation oil exhausted from the advance-angle sideoil pressure chamber 16 or delay-angle sideoil pressure chamber 17 to the timing chain case 25 (see FIG. 3) and each port is in communication with thespool hole 4 c. And, by moving thespool 4 b toward a right direction in FIG. 6 to thehousing 4 a from the intermediate position (see FIG. 6) of thesolenoid 8, as shown in FIG. 7, the advance-angle port 13 and thesupply port 12 are in communication with each other and the delay-angle port 14 and thedrain port 15 are in communication with each other. And, by moving thespool 4 b toward a left direction in FIG. 6 to thehousing 4 a from the intermediate position (see FIG. 6) of thesolenoid 8, as shown in FIG. 8, the delay-angle port 14 and thesupply port 12 are in communication with each other and the advance-angle port 13 and thedrain port 15 are in communication with each other. And, as shown in FIG. 6, where thesolenoid 8 is positioned at an intermediate position, the advance-angle side port 13, the delay-angle side port 14 and thesupply port 12 are in a shuttered state. - Next, an oil path structure in the operation oil pressure circuit is explained. Initially, an
oil path 21 for operation oil to supply it to theoil control valve 4 is explained. Theoil path 21 for operation oil is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, provided on thetiming chain case 25 by branching anoil path 20 for lubricant, and structured so as to be in communication with thesupply port 12 of theoil control valve 4 set at a given portion of thetiming chain case 25. Further, at the downstream of thecontrol valve 4, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a advance-angleside oil path 5 b is provided, one opening of which is in communication with the advance-angleside oil path 5 a and another opening of which is in communication with the advance-angle side port 13. Further, thetiming chain case 25 is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, provided with the delay-angleside oil path 6 b, one opening of which is in communication with the delay-angle side oil path 6 a and another opening of which is in communication with the delay-angle side port 14 of theoil control valve 4. - Next, the structure of the advance-angle
side oil path 5 b and the delay-angleside oil path 6 b is explained in detail. Initially, the advance-angleside oil path 5 b is explained. The advance-angleside oil path 5 b is structured, as shown in FIG. 1, in such a manner as ahole 28 a formed substantially in parallel with thecamshaft 2 directing from a mountingface 25 a of thetiming chain case 25 to an oil controlvalve mounting face 25 b and ahole 28 b extended toward an axial direction of thehole 28 a from an oil controlvalve mounting face 25 b side of thetiming chain case 25 are crossed. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, thehole 28 b is formed upward so as to be inclined at a given angle from the oil controlvalve counting face 25 b, a diameter of anopening 28 d is formed larger than the other members. And, on thehole 28 b anoil filter 23 is set as shown in FIG. 1, and theoil filter 23 is formed with itsside 23 a inmesh 23 c and bottomed cylinder, and by fitting asleeve 23 b formed at anopening portion 28 d in thehole 28 b is set on the advance-angleside oil path 5 b while facing on a crossingportion 28 c of thehole 28 a and thehole 28 b. - Next, the delay-angle
side oil path 6 b is explained based on FIG. 2. The delay-angleside oil path 6 b is structured in such a manner as ahole 29 a formed substantially in parallel with thecamshaft 2 directing from a mountingface 25 a of thetiming chain case 25 to an oil controlvalve mounting face 25 b and ahole 29 b extended toward an axial direction of thehole 29 a from an oil controlvalve mounting face 25 b side of thetiming chain case 25 are crossed. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, thehole 29 b is formed upward so as to be inclined at a given angle from the oil controlvalve mounting face 25 b, a diameter of anopening 29 d is formed larger than the other members. And, on thehole 29 b anoil filter 23 is set as shown in FIG. 2. And, the oil filter 23 (see FIG. 1) is same to the one set in thehole 28 b of the advance-angleside oil path 5 b, and by fitting asleeve 23 b formed at anopening portion 29 d in thehole 29 b it is set on the delay-angleside oil path 6 b while facing to a crossingportion 29 c of thehole 29 a and thehole 29 b. - An operation of the embodiment of the oil path structure of the present invention is explained. Initially, an operation when the valve timing is shifted to the advance-angle side is explained. At the time of such shifting, the
solenoid 8 is driven by a control signal of the ECU (electric control unit) 7, (see FIGS. 4 and 5), and by the shifting of thespool 4 b of theoil control valve 4 from the intermediate position in FIG. 6 to the right side of FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 7, thesupply port 12 of theoil control valve 4 and the advance-angle port 13 are made to be in communication with each other and simultaneously thedrain port 15 and the delay-angle side port 14 are made to be communicated with each other. Thereby, the operation oil of the advance-angleside oil path 5 is flown in the advance-angle sideoil pressure chamber 16 formed on theactuator 3 of the variable valve timing mechanism, and the operation oil of the delay-angle sideoil pressure chamber 17 is down-streamed in the delay-angle oil path 6 and flown in theoil control valve 4 after passing through the side face 23 a of theoil filter 23 set at thehole 29 b and exhausted inside thetiming chain case 25 from thedrain port 15. - Further, when the valve timing is shifted to the delay-angle side, the
solenoid 8 is driven by the control signal of the ECU (electric control unit)(see FIGS. 4 and 5) 7, thespool 4 b of theoil control valve 4 is shifted to the left side of FIG. 6 from the intermediate position of FIG. 6, and as shown in FIG. 8, so that, thesupply port 12 of theoil control valve 4 and the delay-angle side port 14 are in communication with each other and thedrain port 15 and the advance-angle side port 13 are in communication with each other. Thereby, the operation oil of the delay-angleside oil path 6 flows in the delay-angle sideoil pressure chamber 17 formed in theactuator 3 of the variable valve timing mechanism, the operation oil of the advance-angle sideoil pressure chamber 16 flows down the advance-angle oil path 5 and flows in theoil control valve 4 after passing through the side face 23 a of theoil filter 23 set on thehole 28 b and is exhausted from thedrain port 15 inside of thetiming chain case 25. - Accordingly, since the operation oil to be returned to the
oil control valve 4 from the variable valve timing mechanism flows in theoil control valve 4 passing through theoil filter 23, any foreign material existing between theactuator 3 theoil control valve 4 is engaged in a sliding portion of thespool 4 b of theoil control valve 4 and the operation of the variable valve timing mechanism is prevented from being malfunctioned. - Further, since the
oil filter 23 is simple in its structure and is able to be assembled by fitting thesleeve 23 b in the holes of 28 b and 29 b, the diameter of the filter can be reduced to decrease its occupied volume and both of the advance-angleside oil path 5 and the delay-angleside oil path 6 can be provided with thefilter 23 respectively. Further, since theoil filter 23 is set so as to make the side face 23 a faced to the crossingportions side oil path 5 and the delay-angleside oil path 6, the effective area as a filter is increased to reduce a loss of pressure of the operation oil pressure and thefilter 23 can be prevented from being stuffed to lengthen the cycle of maintenance of the filter. And, since theoil filter 23 is set inclined so as to direct upward, the captured or deposited foreign matters in the hole where the filter is set at the downstream of the oil control valve, are easily removed at the time of maintenance. - According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the oil filter is set at the downstream of the oil control valve, possible malfunction of the variable valve timing mechanism, which is caused by any foreign matter existing in the operation oil of the downstream of the oil filter and by being engaged in the sliding portion of the spool of the oil control valve, can be avoided. Further, since the oil filter is set while extending in the axial direction of the oil filter path, the filter diameter can be downsized, so that the oil filter can be set in plural oil paths.
- Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the oil filter is set at least in either one of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path, it can be avoided that the operation of the variable valve timing mechanism is malfunctioned due to entering in the oil control valve of any foreign matter existing in the operation oil between the actuator of the variable valve timing mechanism and the control valve to control the supply and exhaust of the operation oil to and from the actuator being engaged in the sliding portion of the spool.
- Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the side of the oil filter is disposed at each crossing portion of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path so as to face thereto, the effective area of the filter is broadened and the pressure loss of the operation oil can be outstandingly reduced. Also, the mesh stuffing of the oil filter is avoided to lengthen the maintenance cycle of the oil filter.
- Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the oil filter is set inclined upward linearly, the foreign materials captured by the filter or deposited in the hole set with the oil filter can be easily removed.
- Further, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the oil filter is set in the oil path by fitting the sleeve in the oil path, the occupied volume of the oil filter can be downsized to enable to set it in both of the advance-angle side oil path and the delay-angle side oil path.
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1. An oil path structure in an operation oil pressure circuit of a variable valve timing mechanism, in which oil path for lubricant is provided by being branched and a supply and exhaust of the operation oil pressure is controlled by an oil control valve, comprises an oil filter inserted in a downstream of the oil control valve while being extended in an axial direction of the oil path.
2. The oil path structure according to , wherein, between the oil control valve and an actuator of the variable valve timing mechanism, a advance-angle side oil path to operate the actuator to a advance-angle side and a delay-angle side oil path to operate the actuator to a delay-angle side by being loaded with an operation pressure respectively are disposed and the oil filter is set in at least either one of the advance-angle side oil path or the delay-angle side oil path.
claim 1
3. The oil path structure according to , wherein a side face of the oil filter is set so as to face to a crossing portion of the oil path.
claim 1
4. The oil path structure according to , wherein a side face of the oil filter is set so as to face to a crossing portion of the oil path.
claim 2
5. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is set so as to extend upward linearly from a mounting face of the oil control valve.
claim 1
6. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is set so as to extend upward linearly from a mounting face of the oil control valve.
claim 2
7. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is set so as to extend upward linearly from a mounting face of the oil control valve.
claim 3
8. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is set so as to extend upward linearly from a mounting face of the oil control valve.
claim 4
9. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is provided with a sleeve at an opening and a mesh side thereof is formed cylindrically bottomed to be set in the oil path by being fitted.
claim 1
10. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is provided with a sleeve at an opening and a mesh side thereof is formed cylindrically bottomed to be set in the oil path by being fitted.
claim 2
11. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is provided with a sleeve at an opening and a mesh side thereof is formed cylindrically bottomed to be set in the oil path by being fitted.
claim 3
12. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is provided with a sleeve at an opening and a mesh side thereof is formed cylindrically bottomed to be set in the oil path by being fitted.
claim 4
13. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is provided with a sleeve at an opening and a mesh side thereof is formed cylindrically bottomed to be set in the oil path by being fitted.
claim 5
14. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is provided with a sleeve at an opening and a mesh side thereof is formed cylindrically bottomed to be set in the oil path by being fitted.
claim 6
15. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is provided with a sleeve at an opening and a mesh side thereof is formed cylindrically bottomed to be set in the oil path by being fitted.
claim 7
16. The oil path structure according to , wherein the oil filter is provided with a sleeve at an opening and a mesh side thereof is formed cylindrically bottomed to be set in the oil path by being fitted.
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