Patent ID: 8534247
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. A valve timing control apparatus for controlling a valve timing of a valve configured to be opened and closed by a camshaft in accordance with a torque transmitted from a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, the valve timing control apparatus comprising: a housing rotatable with the crankshaft; a vane rotor rotatable with the camshaft, the vane rotor partitioning an interior of the housing into an advance chamber and a retard chamber in a rotative direction, the vane rotor configured to change a rotation phase relative to the housing to an advance side or a retard side correspondingly when working fluid is supplied into the advance chamber or the retard chamber; a control valve that controls a flow of the working fluid relative to the advance chamber and the retard chamber through a spool that is linearly movable in a sleeve through which the working fluid passes, the control valve being arranged in a gang rotating element constructed by the vane rotor and the camshaft; and a linear solenoid having