Patent ID: 8904980

Claim:
A valve timing control apparatus, which controls opening timing and closing timing of one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine, which is driven by a driven-side shaft of the internal combustion engine, through changing of a rotational phase between a driving-side shaft of the internal combustion engine and the driven-side shaft, the valve timing control apparatus comprising: a first housing that is rotatable integrally with one of the driving-side shaft and the driven-side shaft; a second housing that is fixed to the first housing and forms a plurality of pressurization compartments in cooperation with the first housing; a laminated body that includes a plurality of thin plates, which are stacked one after another in an axial direction, wherein the laminated body is rotatable integrally with the other one of the driving-side shaft and the driven-side shaft and is placed at a corresponding location, which is between the first housing and the second housing; and a resin member that is made of a resin material, wherein the laminated body is insert molded in the resin member, and the resin member includes: a plurality of vanes, each of which radially extends to partition a corresponding one of the plurality of pressurization compartments into an advancing chamber and a retarding chamber; a first side wall, which is placed between the first housing and the laminated body and is slidable relative to the first housing; and a second side wall, which is placed between the second housing and the laminated body and is slidable relative to the second housing.