WO2017047255A1 - 内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a valve timing control device for an internal combustion engine that variably controls the opening / closing timing of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of the internal combustion engine according to an operating state.
- Patent Document 1 A conventional valve timing control device is described in Patent Document 1 below.
- This device includes a cylindrical pulley having a cylindrical wall and a bottom wall to which rotational force is transmitted from a crankshaft via a timing belt, and is accommodated in the inside of the pulley, and the front and rear opening ends are a pair of disk plates.
- a ring-shaped housing closed by the inner surface of the housing, and a vane rotor that is housed in the housing so as to be relatively rotatable and fixed to the end of the camshaft.
- An advance oil chamber and a retard oil chamber are defined between a plurality of shoes protruding in the direction and a plurality of vanes of the vane rotor.
- the housing including each of the disk-shaped plates is fixed by a bolt and a bottom wall of the pulley, and the entire device is reduced in weight between the outer peripheral surface of the housing and the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical wall of the pulley. Therefore, an annular gap having a relatively large width is formed.
- the rotational force is transmitted from the crankshaft through the outer peripheral tooth portion, and the cylindrical wall having one end side in the axial direction opened, and the cylindrical wall are integrally provided on the other axial end side.
- a drive rotator having a bottom wall with a through hole formed in, and accommodated in the drive rotator, one end opening is closed by the bottom wall, and a plurality of shoes projecting from the inner peripheral surface
- a cylindrical housing having a plurality of working chambers formed by the plurality of shoes, a rotor portion housed in the housing so as to be relatively rotatable, and fixed to one end portion of a camshaft, and the rotor portion
- a vane rotor provided radially from an outer peripheral surface, and a vane rotor that cooperates with each of the shoes to separate the working chamber into a retarding working chamber and an advanced working chamber, and an opening at the other end of the housing.
- the drive rotating body is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical wall, and has an inclined guide portion whose inner diameter gradually decreases from one end side in the axial direction toward the other end side, and is formed on the other end side of the guide portion. And a positioning projection having a fitting protrusion for fitting and positioning the outer peripheral surface of the housing.
- the present invention when assembling the housing with respect to the drive rotating body, it is possible to improve the assembly work efficiency by performing simple and accurate positioning.
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 3. It is a perspective view of the drive pulley provided for 2nd Embodiment of this invention.
- FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 6. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the state which inserted the housing in the drive pulley in the same embodiment, and the state in the middle of insertion. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the drive pulley provided to 3rd Embodiment of this invention.
- the valve timing control device includes a driving pulley 1 that is a driving rotating body that is rotationally driven via a timing belt by a crankshaft (not shown) of the engine, and the driving pulley 1 A camshaft 2 that is rotatably provided, a phase change mechanism 3 that is disposed between the drive pulley 1 and the camshaft 2 and converts the relative rotation phase of the both 1 and 2, and the phase And a lock mechanism 4 that locks the operation of the change mechanism 3.
- a driving pulley 1 that is a driving rotating body that is rotationally driven via a timing belt by a crankshaft (not shown) of the engine
- the driving pulley 1 A camshaft 2 that is rotatably provided
- a phase change mechanism 3 that is disposed between the drive pulley 1 and the camshaft 2 and converts the relative rotation phase of the both 1 and 2 and the phase
- a lock mechanism 4 that locks the operation of the change mechanism 3.
- the drive pulley 1 is integrally formed of a sintered alloy material in a bottomed cylindrical shape, and is formed on a cylindrical cylindrical wall 5 and one axial end of the cylindrical wall 5.
- the cylindrical wall 5 is formed with a predetermined thickness to ensure rigidity, and a gear 5a around which a timing belt is wound is formed on the outer periphery.
- the inner diameter d of the inner peripheral surface 5b of the cylindrical wall 5 is formed larger than the outer diameter d1 of the housing 8 to be described later, so as to reduce the weight between the inner peripheral surface 5b and the outer peripheral surface 8e of the housing 8.
- An annular gap C is formed.
- the bottom wall 6 is also formed with a thickness necessary to ensure rigidity, and a support hole 6a through which the axial end portion 2a of the camshaft 2 can be rotatably inserted is formed in the center.
- Four female screw holes 6b into which male screws of bolts 13 to be described later are screwed are formed at substantially equal positions in the circumferential direction at substantially equal positions in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral portion.
- the camshaft 2 is rotatably supported by a cylinder head (not shown) via a cam bearing, and a plurality of drives for opening an intake valve (not shown) against a spring force of a valve spring at a predetermined position on the outer peripheral surface.
- a cam is provided integrally, and a female screw hole 2b into which a male screw portion formed on an outer peripheral surface of a shaft portion 7a of the cam bolt 7 described later is screwed is formed in the inner axial direction of the one end portion 2a.
- the phase changing mechanism 3 includes a housing 8 accommodated in an internal space surrounded by the cylindrical wall 5 and the bottom wall 6 of the drive pulley 1, and a cam bolt 7 that pivots on one end 2 a of the camshaft 2.
- a vane rotor 9 fixed from the direction and accommodated in the housing 8 so as to be relatively rotatable, and four first to first parts formed in the housing 8 and integrally formed on the inner peripheral surface of the housing 8.
- the four retard oil chambers 10 and the advance oil chamber 11 which are advance working chambers are respectively defined by four shoes 8a to 8d and four vanes 22 to 25 described later of the vane rotor 9 respectively.
- a hydraulic circuit that selectively supplies and discharges hydraulic pressure to and from each retarded oil chamber 10 and each advanced oil chamber 11.
- the housing 8 is formed separately from the drive pulley 1 and is formed in a cylindrical shape with both ends in the axial direction opened, and one end opening in the axial direction is closed by the bottom wall 6 of the drive pulley 1. The other end opening is closed by the front plate 12.
- the housing 8 is integrally coupled to the bottom wall 6 together with the front plate 12 by four bolts 13 together from the axial direction.
- Each of the shoes 8a to 8d formed on the inner peripheral surface of the housing 8 is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from the side, and is substantially co-located in a seal groove formed along the axial direction at each tip.
- Each of the letter-shaped seal members 14 is fixedly fitted.
- bolt insertion holes 15 through which the bolts 13 are inserted are formed through the radially outer peripheral sides of the shoes 8a to 8d, that is, in the inner axial direction on the base portion side that is a connecting portion to the inner peripheral surface of the housing 8. ing.
- the front plate 12 is formed by pressing a metal plate into a relatively thin disk shape.
- a large-diameter hole 12a is formed in the center, and the outer peripheral portion is provided at equally spaced positions in the circumferential direction.
- the four bolt holes 12b through which the bolts 13 are inserted are formed through.
- the vane rotor 9 is integrally formed of a metal material, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a cylindrical rotor portion 21 at the center and a substantially equal interval in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface of the rotor portion 21. And four first to fourth vanes 22 to 25 projecting radially at positions.
- the rotor part 21 is fixed to the one end part 2a of the camshaft 2 from the axial direction by the cam bolt 7 inserted from the axial direction into an insertion hole 21a formed in the center, and the outer peripheral surface is fixed to the shoes 8a to 8a. It rotates while sliding on the sealing member 14 fitted and fixed to the upper surface of the tip of 8d.
- the rotor portion 21 has four retarded-side oil holes 16 communicating with the retarded oil chambers 10 at positions between the vanes 22 to 25 along the radial direction.
- a circular fitting groove 21b into which the tip of one end 2a of the camshaft 2 is fitted is formed at the center of one axial end surface.
- a cylindrical portion 21 c that is inserted into the large-diameter hole 12 a of the front plate 12 with a predetermined gap is integrally formed at the other end portion in the axial direction of the rotor portion 21.
- Each of the vanes 22 to 25 is disposed between the shoes 8a to 8d, and is substantially U-shaped in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the housing 8 in a seal groove formed in an axial direction on each tip surface.
- Each of the sealing members 20 having a shape is fixedly fitted.
- each of the vanes 22 to 25 is such that the first vane 22 is formed with the maximum width, and the other three second to fourth vanes 23 to 25 are more sufficient than the first vane 22. Are set to a small width and almost the same width. In this manner, the weight balance of the entire vane rotor 9 is made uniform by reducing the widths of the other three vanes 23 to 25 with respect to the first vane 22 having the maximum width.
- the vane rotor 9 rotates in the maximum counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 2, the first vane 22 abuts one side surface against the opposite side surface of the first shoe 8 a and rotates relative to the housing 8 on the maximum retarded angle side.
- the position is regulated and the vane rotor 9 rotates in the maximum clockwise direction, the other side surface comes into contact with the opposite side surface of the second shoe 8b, and the relative rotational position on the maximum advance side is regulated.
- the first vane 22 is in contact with the first and second shoes 8a and 8b, the other vanes 23 to 25 do not contact any of the shoes 8a to 8d that are opposed in the circumferential direction. It has become.
- the lock mechanism 4 is slidably accommodated in a sliding hole 26 formed through the first vane 22 (specific vane) in the inner axial direction, and slidably accommodated in the sliding hole 26.
- a lock pin 27 which is a lock member provided so as to be movable back and forth with respect to the bottom wall 6 side and a bottom surface of the bottom wall 6 are engaged with a tip end portion of the lock pin 27 so that the vane rotor is engaged.
- the lock hole 28 is a lock recess for locking 9 and an engagement / disengagement mechanism for engaging or disengaging the tip of the lock pin 27 with the lock hole 28 according to the state of the engine. Yes.
- the sliding hole 26 has an inner peripheral surface formed with a substantially uniform inner diameter, and an air vent groove (not shown) for ensuring good slidability of the lock pin 27 is formed at the rear end edge.
- the lock pin 27 has a distal end portion that engages with and disengages from the lock hole 28, and an internal hollow large-diameter portion on the rear side of the distal end portion side, and the distal end portion is solid.
- the outer peripheral surface is formed in a conical shape so that it can be easily engaged in the lock hole 28.
- the lock hole 28 is formed at a predetermined position on the bottom wall 6 so that the tip of the lock pin 27 engages when the vane rotor 9 rotates relative to the maximum retarded angle side as shown in FIG. It has become. Therefore, when the lock pin 27 is engaged with the lock hole 28, the relative rotation angle between the housing 8 and the vane rotor 9 is set to be the maximum retard angle conversion angle optimum for engine start.
- the engagement / disengagement mechanism is elastically mounted between the inner wall surface of the front end portion of the lock pin 27 and the inner end surface of the front plate 12 to urge the lock pin 27 in the advancing direction (direction of the lock hole 28).
- a lock pin which is formed on the bottom surface of the bottom wall 6 and supplies a lock releasing hydraulic pressure from the one retarded oil chamber 10 to the lock hole 28 against the spring force of the coil spring.
- a positioning mechanism 29 that performs circumferential positioning with the lock hole 28 is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the positioning mechanism 29 is positioned at a position corresponding to the positioning groove 29a formed in one shoe 8a of the housing 8 and the positioning groove on the inner end surface of the outer peripheral side of the bottom wall 6. And a positioning pin 29b provided.
- a torsion spring 30 for always applying a rotational force to the vane rotor 9 toward the advance side is provided on the outer end side of the front plate 12.
- One end of the torsion spring 30 is locked and fixed to the rotor portion 21 of the vane rotor 9, and the other end is locked and fixed to the front plate 12.
- the hydraulic circuit selectively supplies hydraulic pressure to the retard and advance oil chambers 10 and 11, or the retard and advance oil chambers 10 and 11. 11, the retard angle side passages 31 communicating with the respective retard angle side oil holes 16, the advance angle side passages 32 communicating with the respective advance angle side oil grooves (not shown), and the respective passages
- An unillustrated electromagnetic switching valve provided between 31 and 32, an unillustrated oil pump that selectively supplies hydraulic pressure to the passages 31 and 32 via the electromagnetic switching valve, and the respective retarded side, advance angle
- a drain passage selectively communicating with the side passages 31 and 32 via an electromagnetic switching valve. Note that the suction passage and the drain passage of the oil pump communicate with the oil pan.
- Each of the retard side and advance side passages 31 and 32 has one end portion formed along the radial direction of the cam shaft one end portion 2a and the inner axial direction, and groove grooves and bearings formed on the outer periphery of the cam shaft one end portion 2a. While communicating with the internal oil passage, the other end communicates with the passage-side oil groove and the retarded-side oil hole 16, respectively.
- the electromagnetic switching valve is a two-way valve, and selectively switches between each passage, the discharge passage of the oil pump, and the drain passage according to an output signal from the controller.
- an internal computer inputs information signals from various sensors such as a crank angle sensor, an air flow meter, a water temperature sensor, and a throttle valve opening sensor (not shown) to detect the current engine operating state, A control current is output to the electromagnetic coil of the electromagnetic switching valve in accordance with the engine operating state.
- the housing 8 is inserted into the inner peripheral surface 5b of the cylindrical wall 5 of the driving pulley 1 along the cylindrical wall 5 when the housing 8 is assembled inside the driving pulley 1, as shown in FIGS.
- a positioning mechanism 33 for guiding and positioning at the maximum insertion time is provided.
- the positioning mechanism 33 is an inclined guide portion provided from the substantially central position in the axial direction of the inner peripheral surface 5b of the cylindrical wall 5 toward the bottom wall 6 direction.
- a certain guide portion 34 and a fitting projection 35 provided further on the bottom wall 6 side than the guide portion 34 of the cylindrical wall 5 are configured.
- the guide portion 34 has a guide surface 34a, which is an inner peripheral surface, formed in an inclined cylindrical surface shape along the circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface 5b of the cylindrical wall 5, and has an inner diameter from the one end portion 34b side in the axial direction to the bottom wall. It is formed gradually smaller toward the other end 34c on the 6 side. That is, the guide portion 34 is formed so that the entire inner diameter of the guide surface 34a is larger than the outer diameter d1 of the housing 8, and is gradually inclined upward from the one end portion 34b side to the other end portion 34c side. Yes.
- the fitting projection 35 is formed continuously with the other end 34c of the guide portion 34, and the fitting surface 35a, which is an inner circumferential surface formed in an annular shape, has a predetermined width W and a flat cross section. It is formed in a shape. Further, the inner diameter d2 of the fitting surface 35a of the fitting protrusion 35 is formed to be substantially the same (clearance fit) as the outer diameter d1 of the outer peripheral surface 8e of the housing 8, so that the housing 8 is brought into the guide portion 34. When inserted from the axial direction and reaches the fitting protrusion 35, the outer peripheral surface 8e of the housing 8 is abutted and supported.
- annular recess 36 is formed between the fitting protrusion 35 and the bottom surface 6 c of the bottom wall 6, which is recessed radially outward from the fitting protrusion 35.
- the annular recess 36 is formed in a downwardly inclined shape from the inner end edge of the fitting protrusion 35 along the bottom surface 6c direction of the bottom wall 6, and a portion coupled to the bottom surface 6c is a rounded curved surface portion 36a.
- the housing 8 functions as a relief of the outer peripheral edge 8f of the housing 8 in a state in which the housing 8 is inserted into the cylindrical wall 5 to the maximum.
- the clearance (side clearance) is made as small as possible between the front end face 8g of the housing 8 accommodated in the cylindrical wall 5 and the bottom face 6c of the bottom wall 6 due to the presence of the annular recess 36. ing.
- the housing 8 is cylindrical.
- the outer periphery 8f of the housing 8 is brought into contact with the rounded portion by line contact when it is inserted into the wall 5 to the maximum, the relative distance between the front end surface 8g of the housing 8 and the bottom surface 6c of the bottom wall 6 is relatively small. A large gap is formed.
- the hydraulic oil supplied into the retard oil chambers 10 and the advance oil chambers 11 is likely to leak to the outside through the gaps, and the appropriate relative rotational phase control accuracy of the vane rotor 9 is reduced and control responsiveness is reduced. May get worse. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the side clearance is reduced by forming the annular recess 36 to suppress the leakage of hydraulic oil.
- the front end surface 8g of the housing 8 and the bottom surface 6c of the bottom wall 6 are compared with those having no annular recess as in the third embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, it is possible to further suppress hydraulic oil leakage. Further, since the necessity of chamfering so as to avoid the rounded portion (curved surface) as described above is reduced, the outer peripheral edge 8f of the housing 8 can be formed at a more acute angle. This makes it possible to obtain a larger contact area between the front end surface 8g and the bottom surface 6c of the housing.
- annular tapered surface 37 is formed which gradually increases in diameter from the one end 34b of the guide portion 34 of the cylindrical wall 5 along the rear end opening edge.
- the tapered surface 37 is formed to be smaller than the inclination angle of the guide portion 34, and ensures the moldability of the mold when the drive pulley 1 is sintered.
- the annular recess 36 is formed by machining such as a lathe after the drive pulley 1 is integrally formed by sintering. This machining is performed together when machining the bottom surface 6c, thereby reducing the number of steps and obtaining a cost reduction effect.
- the groove portions 38 are formed along the axial direction at four locations of approximately 90 ° in the circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface 5b of the cylindrical wall 5 respectively. That is, the four groove portions 38 are formed along the axial direction with a predetermined width so as to divide the positioning mechanism 33 into four from the axial direction, and one end edge in the longitudinal direction is tapered. The other end edge 38 b extends to the bottom surface 6 c of the bottom wall 6 while being formed continuously with the surface 37.
- the bottom wall 6 has an oil drain hole 39 penetratingly formed at the position of the bottom surface 6c corresponding to the other end edge 38b of the groove portion 38.
- the oil drain hole 39 is set to a depth outside the outer peripheral surface 8e of the housing 8 in a state where the oil drain hole 39 is fitted in the cylindrical wall 5, and has the same width as the other end edge 38b and continuously. It is formed and the outer end side communicates with the outside.
- the outer peripheral surface 8e of the housing 8 of the retarded oil chamber 10a (specific working chamber) on the side where the vane 25 (specific vane) of the shoe 8a does not contact is fitted with the fitting protrusion 35.
- the vane 25 has a lock pin 27 and is heavier than the other vanes 22 to 24. Therefore, when the vane 25 collides with the shoe 8a due to an alternating torque applied to the camshaft 2, A rotational moment acts on the shoe 8a, and there is a possibility that the outer peripheral surface 8e of the housing 8 of the retarded oil chamber 10a (specific working chamber) formed in a relatively thin wall is deformed radially outward.
- the fitting protrusion 35 is fitted with the outer peripheral surface 8e of the housing 8, the deformation of the outer peripheral surface 8e of the housing 8 can be suppressed.
- the vane rotor 9 is assembled in advance inside the housing 8 through the seal members 14 and 20 while performing alignment.
- these housing units are incorporated into the drive pulley 1.
- the drive pulley 1 is previously mounted and fixed in a base shape with the bottom wall 6 down, and in this state the housing unit is mounted from above. Incorporate.
- the outer peripheral edge 8f of the front end portion is fitted to the tapered surface 37 of the cylindrical wall 5 of the drive pulley 1, and further pushed in, the outer peripheral edge 8f is formed on the upper surface of each guide portion 34. While being guided, it is inserted in the direction of the bottom surface 6 c, and during this insertion (moving), the housing 8 moves while being positioned with respect to the axis of the drive pulley 1 on the upper surface of each guide portion 34. After that, the outer peripheral edge 8f of the housing 8 moves while being positioned as the outer peripheral edge 8f gets over the fitting surface 35a of each fitting protrusion 35, and finally, as shown in FIG.
- the positioning and centering work of the housing 8 in the radial direction with respect to the drive pulley 1 is completed in the maximum insertion state where the whole is in contact with each fitting surface 35a and the front end surface 8g is in contact with the bottom surface 6c of the bottom wall 6.
- the lock pin 27 is housed in the sliding hole 26 of the lock mechanism 4 from the front end side while the front end portion is engaged with the lock hole, and the coil spring is attached, and then the rear end surface of the housing 8 is The front plate 12 is placed in contact with the positioning.
- the housing 8 and the front plate 12 are fastened together and fixed to the bottom wall 6 of the drive pulley 1 in the axial direction by the bolts 13, and the torsion spring 30 is attached to the outer surface side of the front plate 12.
- the assembly work of the member is completed.
- the positioning centering operation becomes extremely simple and easy, and highly accurate positioning can be performed. For this reason, the assembly work efficiency of the housing unit with respect to the drive pulley 1 can be improved.
- the housing unit can be positioned with high precision with respect to the drive pulley 1 by the positioning mechanism 33, the positioning of the lock pin 27 and the lock hole is also good, and the tip portion of the lock pin 27 and the lock hole are aligned. A desired backlash in the meantime can be obtained.
- the assembly of the drive pulley 1 and the housing 8 eliminates the need for chucking the outer peripheral surface of the housing 8 by a generally used scroll chuck at three points, thereby avoiding deformation of the housing 8 in advance. It becomes possible to do.
- the guide portion 34 is formed such that the length in the axial direction, that is, the length from the one end 34b to the other end 34c is about half that of the first embodiment.
- the approach portion 40 is formed between 34 c and the fitting protrusion 35.
- the approach portion 40 has a step shape and is formed in a substantially annular groove shape, the inner peripheral surface 40a is formed in an arc shape, and the axial width W2 is the guide portion 34 of the first embodiment. It is formed about half of the axial direction.
- the inner peripheral surface 40a is formed to have an obtuse angle with respect to the guide surface 34a of the guide portion 34, and preferably has an inner peripheral surface 40a substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis.
- a step surface 40 b is formed between the fitting protrusion 35 and the approach portion 40.
- annular recess 36 and the tapered surface 37 are the same as those in the first embodiment.
- the housing 8 (housing unit) is inserted into the inside from the one end opening side (tapered surface) of the drive pulley 1 when assembling the respective components, the front end of the housing 8 is obtained.
- the outer peripheral edge 8f moves while making sliding contact with the guide surface 34a of the guide portion 34 and reaches the approach portion 40, a part of the front end surface 8g of the housing 8 becomes the stepped surface 40b as shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. It fits here once while hitting. Thereby, the attitude
- FIG. 9 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.
- the basic configuration is the same as that of the second embodiment, such as the approach portion 40 being formed, but the fitting projection 35 is formed on the bottom wall 6. While extending to the bottom surface 6c, an annular recess 41 is provided at a portion facing the fitting protrusion 35 of the bottom surface 6c of the bottom wall 6 from the axial direction.
- the annular recess 41 is formed to be recessed in the axially outer side at a portion of the bottom surface 6c that extends the fitting surface 35a of the fitting projection 35 in the axial direction, and has a substantially trapezoidal cross section. ing. Therefore, the annular recess 41 can sufficiently reduce the side clearance between the front end surface 8g of the housing 8 and the bottom surface 6c of the bottom wall 6, and facilitates positioning work and positioning accuracy when the housing 8 is inserted. Can be improved.
- the area of the fitting surface 35a of the fitting projection 35 is compared with each of the above embodiments. Since the contact area with the outer peripheral surface 8e of the front end portion of the housing 8 can be increased, positioning work when the housing 8 is inserted can be facilitated, and positioning accuracy can be improved.
- the annular recess 41 is also formed by machining with a lathe after the drive pulley 1 is sintered.
- the driving rotating body may be a driving sprocket that winds a timing chain around the outer periphery in addition to the driving pulley 1.
- the guide portion 34 can be further extended in the axial direction in the direction of the tapered surface 37, and the inclination angle can be arbitrarily changed.
- the axial length of the fitting protrusion 35 can be arbitrarily increased, and the inner diameter of the fitting surface 35 a can be arbitrarily set according to the outer diameter of the housing 8.
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前記駆動回転体は、前記筒壁の内周面に設けられ、内径が軸方向の一端側から他端側に向かって漸次小さくなる傾斜状の案内部と、該案内部の他端側に形成され、前記ハウジングの外周面が嵌合して位置決めされる嵌合突部と、を有する位置決め機構を備えたことを特徴としている。
〔第1実施形態〕
このバルブタイミング制御装置は、図1及び図2に示すように、機関の図外のクランクシャフトによってタイミングベルトを介して回転駆動される駆動回転体である駆動プーリ1と、該駆動プーリ1に対して相対回動可能に設けられたカムシャフト2と、駆動プーリ1とカムシャフト2との間に配置されて、該両者1,2の相対回動位相を変換する位相変更機構3と、該位相変更機構3の作動をロックするロック機構4と、を備えている。
〔第2実施形態〕
図6及び図7は本発明の第2実施形態を示し、基本構成は第1実施形態と同じであるが、位置決め機構33の前記案内部34と嵌合突部35との間にアプローチ部40が形成されている。
〔第3実施形態〕
図9は本発明の第3実施形態を示し、第2実施形態と同様にアプローチ部40などが形成されているなどの基本構成は同様であるが、前記嵌合突部35を底壁6の底面6cまで延長形成すると共に、環状凹部41を、底壁6の底面6cの嵌合突部35に軸方向から対向した部位に設けたものである。
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- 外周の歯部を介してクランクシャフトからの回転力が伝達される軸方向一端側が開口した筒壁及び該筒壁の軸方向他端側に一体に設けられて中央に貫通孔が形成された底壁と、を有する駆動回転体と、
該駆動回転体の内部に収容され、一端開口が前記底壁によって閉塞されると共に、内周面に複数のシューが突設され、前記複数のシューにより形成される複数の作動室を有する円筒状のハウジングと、
該ハウジングの内部に相対回転自在に収容され、カムシャフトの一端部に固定されたロータ部及び該ロータ部の外周面から放射状に設けられたベーンと、を有し、前記各シューと協働して前記作動室を遅角作動室と進角作動室に隔成するベーンロータと、
前記ハウジングの他端開口を閉塞すると共に、該ハウジングと前記駆動回転体に軸方向から結合されたフロントプレートと、を備え、
前記駆動回転体は、前記筒壁の内周面に設けられ、内径が軸方向の一端側から他端側に向かって漸次小さくなる傾斜状の案内部と、該案内部の他端側に形成され、前記ハウジングの外周面が嵌合して位置決めされる嵌合突部と、を有する位置決め機構を備えていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項1に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記複数のベーンのうち、特定のベーンに前記カムシャフトの軸方向に進退可能なロックピンが設けられ、前記駆動回転体の底壁に前記ロックピンが係脱するロック穴が形成されていると共に、
前記特定のベーンは、前記ハウジングの複数のシューのうち回転方向の一対のシューに当接して前記ベーンロータの最大進角位置あるいは最大遅角位置を規制し、
前記複数の作動室は、前記一対のシューの前記遅角作動室及び進角作動室を形成する側面のうち、前記特定のベーンが当接しない側の側面が形成する特定の作動室を有し、
前記嵌合突部は、前記ハウジングの前記特定の作動室の外周面と嵌合していることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項1に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記位置決め機構は、案内部と嵌合突部との間に、段差状のアプローチ部が設けられていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項3に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記駆動回転体は、前記筒壁と底壁を焼結合金によって一体に形成されていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項4に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記底壁と前記嵌合突部との間に、該嵌合突部よりも径方向外側に凹んだ環状凹部が形成されていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項4に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記底壁と前記嵌合突部との間に、前記底壁の底面よりも軸方向外側に凹んだ環状凹部が形成されていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項4に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記駆動回転体の筒壁の開口された軸方向他端側の内周面に、前記案内部と連続しかつ前記案内部方向へ漸次縮径するテーパ面が形成されていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項1に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記案内部と嵌合突部は軸方向に沿って連続して形成されていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項1に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記筒壁の嵌合突部の円周方向の一部を筒壁の軸方向に沿って切り欠いて溝部を形成したことを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項9に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記底壁の前記溝部に対応した位置に油抜き孔が貫通形成されていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項1に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記案内部は、前記筒壁の軸方向の開口した他端側から前記底壁側の一端側に掛けて一部が上り傾斜面に形成されていると共に、該傾斜面の端縁から一端側に掛けて円環面に形成されていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項11に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記筒壁は、他端側の内周面に形成されたテーパ面を有し、前記テーパ面は前記案内部の傾斜角度よりも小さな傾斜角度に形成されていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項12に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記テーパ面は、前記駆動回転体を焼結成形する際における金型の抜きテーパであることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - クランクシャフトからの回転力が伝達される有底円筒状の駆動回転体と、
該駆動回転体の内部に収容され、一端開口が前記駆動回転体の底壁に固定されると共に、内周面に複数のシューが突設された円筒状のハウジングと、
該ハウジングの内部に相対回転自在に収容されつつカムシャフトの一端部に固定されて、前記各シューと協働して前記ハウジング内部に遅角作動室と進角作動室を隔成するベーンロータと、
前記ハウジングの他端開口を閉塞するフロントプレートと、を備え、
前記駆動回転体は、筒壁の内周面に、前記ハウジングの軸方向の一端部外周面が嵌合する嵌合突部と、前記ハウジングを前記嵌合突部に軸方向から嵌合する際の前記ハウジングを嵌入方向へ案内するガイド部と、を有する位置決め機構を備えていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。 - 請求項14に記載の内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置において、
前記ガイド部は、筒壁の前記嵌合突部よりも軸方向他端側に、半径が前記嵌合突部よりも大きな段差状のアプローチ部が形成されていることを特徴とする内燃機関のバルブタイミング制御装置。
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