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US 2020/0056518 A1Published application
Variable valve timing device and assembly method of variable valve timing device
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsTakuhiro MATSUMOTO, Hirofumi HASE
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Abstract
A case for rotating integrally with a crankshaft of an engine; a rotor housed in the case, to be rotated integrally with a camshaft of the engine by fastening the rotor coaxially to the camshaft with a center bolt; and a groove provided around an axis of the rotor on an opposite side of the rotor to the camshaft, and having an inner wall intersecting a rotation direction of the rotor are provided.
Claims5
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A variable valve timing device comprising:
- a case for rotating integrally with a crankshaft of an engine;
- a rotor housed in the case, to be rotated integrally with a camshaft of the engine by fastening the rotor coaxially to the camshaft with a center bolt;
- and
- at least one torque receiving part provided around an axis of the rotor on an opposite side of the rotor to the camshaft, and having a flat surface intersecting a rotation direction of the rotor, wherein
- the at least one torque receiving part is a groove or a projection,
- the rotor has a recess in a center of a boss, and
- the groove is provided on a bottom surface of the recess, and an inner wall on a radially outer side of the groove is continuous with an inner wall of the recess.
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