Patent ID: 6546906
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: F01L,F01M

Abstract:
An installation structure of an oil control valve, wherein a timing chain transmits rotation of a crank axle of an engine to camshafts, a chain cover is installed on the engine to cover the timing chain, a cooling fan rotated by the crank axle is located forward of a front part of the chain cover, an oil pump is driven by the crank axle, and an oil control valve which supplies oil delivered from the oil pump to an oil pressure actuator for an oil pressure control unit is located on the front part of the chain cover in a rotational air flow trace of the cooling fan, wherein the oil control valve has a main valve part for supplying oil to said oil pressure actuator and a solenoid part for actuating the main valve part, and further wherein the oil control valve is arranged on the front part of the chain cover so that a longitudinal direction of the solenoid part points toward a rotational center of the cooling fan.