Valve timing controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9850788-B2
Application number	US-201615083641-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2016
Priority date	Apr 2, 2015
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A valve timing controller includes a driving rotor, a driven rotor, a planetary rotor, a planetary carrier, and an elastic component to produce a restoring force biasing the planetary rotor to an eccentric side such that the driving rotor is inclined to the driven rotor. The driving rotor has an inclination angle θ 1 relative to the driven rotor in a first inclination state where the driving rotor is in contact with the driven rotor on both sides in the axial direction. The inclination angle θ 1 is smaller than an inclination angle θ 2 in a second inclination state where the driving rotor is in contact with the driven rotor on both sides in the radial direction, and is smaller than an inclination angle θ 3 in a third inclination state where the driving rotor is in contact with the camshaft on both sides in the radial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A valve timing controller that controls valve timing of a valve opened and closed by a camshaft using a torque transferred from a crankshaft for an internal-combustion engine, the valve timing controller comprising:
a driving rotor that rotates with the crankshaft in a state where the driving rotor is supported by the camshaft from an inner side in a radial direction;
a driven rotor that rotates with the camshaft in a state where the driven rotor supports the driving rotor on both sides in an axial direction and where the driven rotor supports the driving rotor from an inner side in the radial direction, the driven rotor being connected coaxially with the camshaft;
a planetary rotor arranged eccentric relative to the driving rotor and the driven rotor, the planetary rotor controlling a rotation phase between the driving rotor and the driven rotor by carrying out planetary movement under a gear engagement state in which the planetary rotor is engaged with the driving rotor and the driven rotor from an inner side in the radial direction on an eccentric side;
a planetary carrier that causes the planetary movement of the planetary rotor under a state where the driving rotor is supported from the inner side in the radial direction, and where the planetary rotor is supported from the inner side in the radial direction; and
an elastic component interposed between the planetary rotor and the planetary carrier to produce a restoring force biasing the planetary rotor to the eccentric side such that the driving rotor is inclined to the driven rotor, wherein
the driving rotor has an inclination angle θ 1 relative to the driven rotor in a first inclination state where the driving rotor is in contact with the driven rotor on both sides in the axial direction,
the driving rotor has an inclination angle θ 2 relative to the driven rotor in a second inclination state where the driving rotor is in contact with the driven rotor on both sides in the radial direction,
the driving rotor has an inclination angle θ 3 relative to the driven rotor in a third inclination state where the driving rotor is in contact with the camshaft on both sides in the radial direction, and
a relation of θ 1 <θ 2 and a relation of θ 1 <θ 3 are satisfied.

2. The valve timing controller according to claim 1 , wherein
a difference between an axial distance between both sides of the driving rotor supported by the driven rotor as a thrust bearing and an axial thickness of the driven rotor between the both sides in the axial direction is defined as δ 1 ,
a difference between a diameter of an inner circumference surface of the driving rotor where the driven rotor supports the driving rotor as a radial bearing and a diameter of an outer circumference surface of the driven rotor where the driven rotor supports the driving rotor as a radial bearing is defined as δ 2 ,
a difference between a diameter of an inner circumference surface of the driving rotor where the camshaft supports the driving rotor as a radial bearing and a diameter of an outer circumference surface of the camshaft where the camshaft supports the driving rotor as a radial bearing is defined as δ 3 ,
a radial distance between a thrust bearing part where the driven rotor supports the driving rotor on the eccentric side and a thrust bearing part where the driven rotor supports the driving rotor on the other side opposite from the eccentric side in the radial direction is defined as L 1 ,
the driven rotor supports the driving rotor in a radial bearing part with a bearing width of L 2 in the axial direction,
the camshaft supports the driving rotor in a radial bearing part with a bearing width of L 3 in the axial direction, and
a relation of δ 1 /L 1 <δ 2 /L 2 and a relation of δ 1 /L 1 <δ 3 /L 3 are satisfied.

3. The valve timing controller according to claim 1 , wherein
an axial center of a radial bearing part where the driven rotor supports the driving rotor and an axial center of an engagement part where the driven rotor is engaged with the planetary rotor are offset from each other in the axial direction.

4. The valve timing controller according to claim 1 , wherein
the driven rotor supports the driving rotor at a first thrust bearing part on the eccentric side,
the driven rotor supports the driving rotor at a second thrust bearing part on the other side opposite from the eccentric side,
one of the driving rotor and the drive rotor has a projection part projected in the axial direction,
the first thrust bearing part is defined by the projection part in contact with the other of the driving rotor and the driven rotor, and
the first thrust bearing part is located on a radially inner side of the second thrust bearing part.

Assignees

• Denso Corp
• Nippon Soken

Inventors

• Otsubo Makoto
• Takahashi Hiroki

Classifications

• F01L1/352 Primary

  using bevel or epicyclic gear · CPC title

• F01L1/356

  making the angular relationship oscillate {, e.g. non-homokinetic drive} · CPC title

• F01L1/344

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