Patent ID: 8550045

Claim:
A valve timing control apparatus comprising: a driving force transmission member; a protrusion formed at the driving force transmission member; a driving side rotational member, to which a driving force of an internal combustion engine is transmitted from a crank shaft of the internal combustion engine by the driving force transmission member; a driven side rotational member coaxially provided to the driving side rotational member, and rotating relative to the driving side rotational member, thereby rotating a camshaft for opening and closing a valve; a hydraulic pressure chamber formed by the driving side rotational member and the driven side rotational member, and changing a rotational phase of the driven side rotational member relative to the driving side rotational member to an advanced angle direction or a retarded angle direction according to a supply of a hydraulic oil to the hydraulic pressure chamber; wherein the driving side rotational member includes a housing formed into a closed-end cylindrical shape and having a bottom portion formed to close one end of the housing in an axial direction thereof and an opening portion formed to be opened at the other end the housing in the axial direction thereof, and a plate member closing the opening portion of the housing, wherein the driving force transmission member, formed into a ring shape, is attached to the bottom portion of the housing; and wherein the driving force transmission member is attached to the driving side rotational member in a manner where the protrusion contacts the bottom portion of the housing.