Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090007862 | VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an intake valve operating angle varying mechanism, and an intake valve timing varying mechanism. The intake valve timing varying mechanism includes a housing rotating in synchronization with a crankshaft, and a vane member coupled to a drive shaft for intake valve operation, and movably mounted in the housing. The vane member includes a vane defining first and second fluid pressure chambers on first and second opposite sides of the vane. A hydraulic circuit is arranged to rotate the vane member relative to the housing by supply and return of a brake fluid to and from the first and second fluid pressure chambers so as to change the intake valve maximum lift phase. Coil springs are arranged to bias the vane member relative to the housing in a direction to retard the intake valve maximum lift phase. | 01-08-2009 |
20090101092 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP, VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE USING THE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP, AND VALVE TIMING CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP, FOR USE IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A variable displacement pump including a chamber volume varying mechanism including a moveable member, a first biasing member always biasing the moveable member in such a direction as to increase volumes of the working fluid chambers, and a second biasing member that is disposed with a set load and applies a biasing force to the moveable member in such a direction as to increase the volumes of the working fluid chambers when the moveable member is displaced against a biasing force of the first biasing member by a predetermined amount or more. The biasing force of the first biasing member is set such that before the moveable member is displaced against the biasing force of the first biasing member, the valve timing control device is shifted to a release state in which an open-and-closure timing of an engine valve is variably controlled. | 04-23-2009 |
20110085921 | Apparatus Having Control Valve and Variable Capacitance Pump and Hydraulic Pressure Circuit of Internal Combustion Engine in which the Same Apparatus is Used - In a hydraulic pressure circuit including an introduction section through which oil is introduced, a main passage section installed at a downstream side of the introduction section to be communicated with a supply section through which oil is supplied to each of slide sections of an internal combustion engine, a branch passage branched from the main passage section to supply oil to a hydraulic pressure actuator, and a control valve having a valve body which is moved in accordance with a pressure of an upstream side thereof, and a variable capacitance pump configured to drain oil to the introduction section, the variable capacitance pump is configured to vary a drained flow quantity in accordance with the drained pressure of oil and a pressure under which the oil drained flow quantity is started to be varied is higher than a pressure under which the valve body is started to move. | 04-14-2011 |
20120017857 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve timing control device comprises a drive rotation member driven by a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven rotation member fixed to a camshaft that actuates engine valves to open and close, the drive rotation member and driven rotation member being coaxially arranged to make a relative rotation therebetween; a phase varying mechanism that rotates the driven rotation member relative to the drive rotation member within a given angle, the phase varying mechanism being able to cause the driven rotation member to take the most-retarded phase position, the most-advanced phase position and a middle phase position defined between the most-retarded phase position and the most-advanced phase position; and a position keeping mechanism that is able to keep the driven rotation member at least the most-retarded phase position and the middle phase position at the time of starting the engine, and is able to select one of the most-retarded phase position and the middle phase position in accordance with an operation condition of the engine. | 01-26-2012 |
20120103289 | Valve Timing Control Apparatus - A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving rotary member to receive a rotational force from a crankshaft of an engine, and a vane rotor connected with a camshaft and arranged to rotate relative to the driving rotary member, with at least one vane defining a retard pressure chamber and an advance pressure chamber in the inside of the driving rotary member. A lock member is received slidably in the vane of the vane rotor and arranged to engage with a lock hole when the vane is rotated to a predetermined angular position. The lock member includes forward and rearward end portions arranged to receive equal fluid pressures. The lock member further includes a pressure receiving portion to which an operating fluid pressure is selectively applied to force the lock member away from the lock hole. | 05-03-2012 |
20140234128 | Apparatus Having Control Valve and Variable Capacitance Pump and Hydraulic Pressure Circuit of Internal Combustion Engine in which the Same Apparatus is Used - In a hydraulic pressure circuit including an introduction section through which oil is introduced, a main passage section installed at a downstream side of the introduction section to be communicated with a supply section through which oil is supplied to each of slide sections of an internal combustion engine, a branch passage branched from the main passage section to supply oil to a hydraulic pressure actuator, and a control valve having a valve body which is moved in accordance with a pressure of an upstream side thereof, and a variable capacitance pump configured to drain oil to the introduction section, the variable capacitance pump is configured to vary a drained flow quantity in accordance with the drained pressure of oil and a pressure under which the oil drained flow quantity is started to be varied is higher than a pressure under which the valve body is started to move. | 08-21-2014 |