Patent ID: 6338322
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A valve timing control device comprising:a rotary member rotates with one of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and a camshaft thereof; a rotational transmitting member rotates with the other of the camshaft and the crankshaft; a vane provided on the rotary member; a pressure chamber formed between the rotary member and the rotational transmitting member, and divided into an advancing chamber and a delaying chamber by the vane; an oil conduit supplying oil to one of the advancing chamber and the delaying chamber; and an oil retainer disposed between a first axial end of the rotational transmitting member and a first axial end of the rotary member, and formed independent of the oil conduit, wherein the oil retainer includes a groove retaining oil therein and which is provided on at least one of the first axial end of the rotational transmitting member and the first axial end of the rotary member.