Patent ID: 9683465
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: F01L

Claim:
1. A valve-timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, wherein the valve-timing control apparatus is configured to vary a relative phase between a rotation of a cam shaft and a rotation of a crankshaft by energizing an electric motor through a power-feeding brush provided to be in contact with a slip ring, the valve-timing control apparatus comprising: a retaining member slidably retaining the power-feeding brush; a connector provided in the retaining member and connected to a power source; a pigtail harness including a guide portion provided in the retaining member and including an outer circumferential surface formed in an arc-shape, wherein the pigtail harness bends along the outer circumferential surface of the guide portion, and the another end portion extends substantially in a linear arrangement from the fixing portion to a bending portion at which the pigtail harness bends along the outer circumferential surface.