Valve timing adjustment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11939892-B2
Application number	US-202117194801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2021
Priority date	Sep 10, 2018
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

A valve timing adjustment device includes: a driving rotating body that rotates with a crankshaft; a driven rotating body that rotates with a camshaft; a reduction mechanism configured to change a relative rotation phase of the driving rotating body and the driven rotating body by a driving force of an actuator; and a filter unit capable of capturing a foreign matter contained in lubricating fluid supplied into the reduction mechanism. The reduction mechanism includes: an internal gear portion having internal teeth formed inward in a radial direction, and an external gear portion having external teeth formed outward in the radial direction to mesh with the internal teeth. The driven rotating body has a supply hole penetrating in an axial direction. The filter unit has holes penetrating in the axial direction, and the holes are arranged in a flow path of the lubricating fluid connected to the supply hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A valve timing adjustment device configured to adjust valve timing of a valve that is driven to open or close by a camshaft to which an engine torque is transmitted from a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine, the valve timing adjustment device comprising:
a driving rotating body that rotates in conjunction with the crankshaft;
a driven rotating body that rotates in conjunction with the camshaft;
a reduction mechanism configured to change a relative rotation phase of the driving rotating body and the driven rotating body by a driving force of an actuator, the reduction mechanism including
an internal gear portion having internal teeth formed inward in a radial direction, and
an external gear portion having external teeth formed outward in the radial direction to mesh with the internal teeth; and

a filter unit capable of capturing a foreign matter contained in lubricating fluid supplied into the reduction mechanism, wherein
the driven rotating body has a supply hole penetrating in an axial direction to supply the lubricating fluid into the reduction mechanism through the camshaft,
the filter unit has a plurality of holes penetrating in the axial direction, and the plurality of holes are arranged in a flow path for the lubricating fluid connected to the supply hole,
the filter unit is provided on a spacer configured to adjust a gap inside the reduction mechanism in the axial direction; and
the filter unit directly contacts the reduction mechanism and the driven rotating body.

2. The valve timing adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein:
an annular passage defined in the driven rotating body and extending in a circumferential direction of the driven rotating body is fluidly connected to the supply hole of the driven rotating body.

3. A valve timing adjustment device configured to adjust valve timing of a valve that is driven to open or close by a camshaft to which an engine torque is transmitted from a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine, the valve timing adjustment device comprising:
a driving rotating body that rotates in con junction with the crankshaft;
a driven rotating body that rotates in conjunction with the camshaft;
a reduction mechanism configured to change a relative rotation phase of the driving rotating body and the driven rotating body by a driving force of an actuator, the reduction mechanism including
an internal gear portion having internal teeth formed inward in a radial direction, and
an external gear portion having external teeth formed outward in the radial direction to mesh with the internal teeth; and

a filter unit capable of capturing a foreign matter contained in lubricating fluid supplied into the reduction mechanism, wherein
the driven rotating body has a supply hole penetrating in an axial direction to supply the lubricating fluid into the reduction mechanism through the camshaft,
the filter unit has a plurality of holes penetrating in the axial direction, and the plurality of holes are arranged in a flow path for the lubricating fluid connected to the supply hole, and
the filter unit is arranged upstream of the supply hole in the flow path for the lubricating fluid.

4. The valve timing adjustment device according to claim 3 , wherein
an annular passage defined in the driven rotating body and extending in a circumferential direction of the driven rotating body is fluidly connected to the supply hole of the driven rotating body.

5. The valve timing adjustment device according to claim 3 , wherein
the filter unit is arranged between the driven rotating body and the camshaft to increase a friction coefficient.

6. The valve timing adjustment device according to claim 5 , wherein
the filter unit directly contacts the driven rotating body on one side of the filter unit in the axial direction; and
the filter unit directly contacts the camshaft on an opposite side of the filter unit in the axial direction.

7. A valve timing adjustment device configured to adjust valve timing of a valve that is driven to open or close by a camshaft to which an engine torque is transmitted from a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine, the valve timing adjustment device comprising:
a driving rotating body that rotates in conjunction with the crankshaft;
a driven rotating body that rotates in conjunction with the camshaft;
a reduction mechanism configured to change a relative rotation phase of the driving rotating body and the driven rotating body by a driving force of an actuator, the reduction mechanism including
an internal gear portion having internal teeth formed inward in a radial direction, and
an external gear portion having external teeth formed outward in the radial direction to mesh with the internal teeth; and

a filter unit capable of capturing a foreign matter contained in lubricating fluid supplied into the reduction mechanism, wherein
the driven rotating body has a supply hole penetrating in an axial direction to supply the lubricating fluid into the reduction mechanism through the camshaft,
the filter unit has a plurality of holes penetrating in the axial direction, and the plurality of holes are arranged in a flow path for the lubricating fluid connected to the supply hole, and
the filter unit is arranged between the driven rotating body and the camshaft to increase a friction coefficient, and the filter unit directly contacts the driven rotating body on one side of the filter unit in the axial direction and the filter unit directly contacts the camshaft on an opposite side of the filter unit in the axial direction.

8. The valve timing adjustment device according to claim 7 , wherein
an annular passage defined in the driven rotating body and extending in a circumferential direction of the driven rotating body is fluidly connected to the supply hole of the driven rotating body.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Kamiya Takahito

Classifications

• F01M1/10 Primary

  Lubricating systems characterised by the provision therein of lubricant venting or purifying means, e.g. of filters · CPC title

• F01L1/344

  changing the angular relationship between crankshaft and camshaft, e.g. using helicoidal gear · CPC title

• F01L1/352

  using bevel or epicyclic gear · CPC title

• F01M1/06 Primary

  Lubricating systems characterised by the provision therein of crankshafts or connecting rods with lubricant passageways, e.g. bores (crankshafts, connecting-rods, per se F16C) · CPC title

• F01L2810/02

  Lubrication · CPC title