Patent ID: 7222598
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. A valve timing controller provided in a driving force transferring system that transfer a driving force of a driving shaft of an internal combustion engine to a driven shaft for opening/closing at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve, comprising: a housing rotating with one of the driving shaft and the driven shaft, the housing forming a chamber therein; a vane rotor rotating with the other one of the diving shaft and the driven shaft, the vane rotor having a vane that is accommodated in the chamber to divide the chamber into a retard chamber and an advance chamber, the vane rotor enabled to rotate in a retard direction and an advance direction relative to the housing by a pressure in the retard chamber and the advance chamber; a bush press-fitted into one end surface of the vane rotor in an axial direction, the bush supported by one axial sidewall of the housing; and a press-fitting member press-fitted into the other end surface of the vane rotor in the axial direction, wherein the press-fitting member is disposed between said other end surface of the vane rotor and an end surface of one of said driving shaft and said driven shaft.