Patent ID: 7225775
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: F01L

Abstract:
1. A fluid supply apparatus, comprising: a fluid pump for supplying a fluid to a fluid supplied portion from a fluid storage portion; a pair of passages provided between the fluid storage portion and the fluid supplied portion in series with the fluid pump, one of the pair of passages including a first supply passage with a check valve therein for preventing the fluid from flowing back to the fluid storage portion from the fluid supplied portion and the other of the pair of passages including a second supply passage provided in parallel with the first supply passage; and a switching apparatus for switching the second supply passage to a state in which the fluid can flow in the second supply passage, wherein the fluid supplied portion includes a valve timing control apparatus for an engine of a vehicle for controlling a rotational phase angle of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft for controlling an intake/exhaust valve timing and wherein the switching apparatus switches the second supply passage to a state in which the fluid cannot flow in the second supply passage when the rotational phase angle of the camshaft relative to the crankshaft is within a predetermined range.