Patent ID: 8910605

Claim:
A valve timing control device comprising: a driving rotary element synchronously rotatable with a crankshaft; a driven rotary element mounted coaxially with the driving rotary element and synchronously rotatable with a camshaft; a plurality of partitions provided in the driven rotary element each for dividing a fluid pressure chamber formed between the driving rotary element and the driven rotary element into a retarded angle chamber and an advanced angle chamber; and a connecting element for connecting the driven rotary element to the camshaft, wherein the connecting element includes a flange inserted into a recess formed in the driven rotary element, and a shaft portion inserted into a through bore formed in a wall of the driving rotary element adjacent to the camshaft, the flange has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the shaft portion and an inner diameter of the through bore, and the flange is disposed outside the through bore and between the driven rotary element and the wall, and is in contact with a surface of a circumference of the through bore and with an inner periphery of the recess.