Patent ID: 7100555
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. A valve timing controller arranged at a pathway transferring a driving force from a driving shaft to a driven shaft opening or closing at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve, the valve timing controller adjusting an opening or closing timing of at least one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve, the valve timing controller comprising: a housing rotating with one of the driving shaft and the driven shaft, and having a fitting hole; a rotor housed in the housing, rotating with the other of the driving shaft and the driven shaft, rotating in a direction of a retard and an advance relative to the housing by pressure of a working fluid, and having a penetrated hole; a stopper reciprocating in a direction of the penetrated hole, binding the relative rotation of the rotor for the housing by being fitted into the fitting hole when the rotor is located at a predetermined position; a urging member urging the stopper in the fitting direction; and an engaging member formed as a tubular shape having a bottom, an outer bottom of which is in contact with an inner wall of the housing existing in the opposite direction of the fitting direction, the engaging member engaging one side of the urging member and covering one edge of the urging member.