Patent ID: 9297284
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: F01L

Claim Text:
1. An engine having a variable valve timing device, comprising: a camshaft having a cam lifting a valve; a valve body with a first side fixed with the camshaft and a second side fixed to a fixed housing; variable wings protruding on an outer circumferential surface of the fixed housing; a sprocket housing including a delay chamber and an advance chamber with the variable wings and having a sprocket on an outer circumferential surface of the sprocket housing; a control spool disposed coaxially with the camshaft and inserted in the valve body to selectively supply hydraulic pressure from an outside to the delay chamber or the advance chamber; and an actuator fastened to an outer end of the control spool, with a side fixed to a side of the engine, and advancing or delaying the sprocket housing with respect to the valve body by adjusting the hydraulic pressure supplied to the advance chamber or the delay chamber through the control spool by pulling or pushing the control spool, wherein locking pins, selectively locking the fixed housing and the sprocket housing, are disposed in the fixed housing or the sprocket housing, and wherein the actuator is fixed to a side of a chain cover protecting a chain wound around the sprocket.