Valve timing control device

A valve timing control device comprising:

• a driving rotary element synchronously rotatable with a crankshaft;
• a driven rotary element mounted coaxially with the driving rotary element and synchronously rotatable with a camshaft;
• a plurality of partitions provided in the driven rotary element each for dividing a fluid pressure chamber formed between the driving rotary element and the driven rotary element into a retarded angle chamber and an advanced angle chamber;
• and
• a connecting element for connecting the driven rotary element to the camshaft,
• wherein the connecting element includes a flange inserted into a recess formed in the driven rotary element, and a shaft portion inserted into a through bore formed in a wall of the driving rotary element adjacent to the camshaft,
• the flange has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the shaft portion and an inner diameter of the through bore, and
• the flange is disposed outside the through bore and between the driven rotary element and the wall, and is in contact with a surface of a circumference of the through bore and with an inner periphery of the recess.