Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Haruyuki Obata

Takao Tate

Toshio Tanahashi

Norikatsu Ishikawa

Kenji Yamada

Hiromi Otsuki

Hidemi Onaka

Isamu Hagino

Junjiro Yoshimura

Mamoru Yoshioka

Makoto Suzuki

Takashi Kondo

Hiroki Ichinose

Akihiko Takenaka

Yoshihiro Iwashita

Toshimi Kashiwagura

Michio Adachi

Hironori Okamizu

Ken Tanoue

Yoshiaki Kondo

Norikatu Ishikawa

The variable valve timing control device according to the present invention controls the valve timing of the intake valves of the engine based on the optimum valve timing at the full load operation of the engine. Namely, the variable valve timing control device of the present invention determines the valve timing in accordance with the combination of the present engine load and the present engine speed in such a manner that the deviation of the valve timing from the optimum valve timing when the engine is operated in full load at the present speed does not exceed a predetermined maximum allowable value. Since the valve timing of the engine is always set within a range determined by the maximum allowable deviation from the optimum valve timing for the full load operation, when the engine is accelerated to the full load condition the amount of the change, i.e., the amount of the operation of the variable valve timing control device is kept always within the range determined by the maximum allowable deviation. Therefore, the time required for changing the valve timing to the optimum valve timing for the full load operation is always short regardless of the present operating condition of the engine. Consequently, the response of the valve timing control can be improved without increasing the operating speed of the variable valve timing control device.

Variable valve timing control device for an engine

A rotational phase difference adjusting device for adjusting a rotational phase difference between a first rotational member and a second rotational member, comprises, an input member connected to the first rotational member to be rotated thereby, an output member arranged coaxially with the input member and connected to the second rotational member to rotate it, a differential device for connecting the input member to the output member to be rotated thereby and for generating a difference in rotation between the input member and the output member, and a damping device including a viscous fluid which is arranged between the input member and the output member so that a vibration of a relative movement between the input member and the output member is absorbed by a viscosity of the viscous fluid, and including a sealing device for holding the viscous fluid between the input member and the output member against a slide movement of the sealing device between the input member and the output member, wherein the slide movement of the sealing means is carried out on a plane extending substantially perpendicularly to the axis of the input and output members.

Rotational phase difference adjusting means

An apparatus for controlling a valve timing in an internal combustion engine. A timing piston 7 is in splined engagement with both a camshaft sleeve connected to the camshaft 1 and a pulley sleeve connected to the timing pulley. The timing piston 7 is connected, via a ball bearing unit 8, to a screw nut 9 of a ball screw mechanism. The bearing unit 8 is connected to the nut 9, with a clearance C. A disk spring 20, via a spacer 21, urges the inner race 8a of the bearing 8 so that it abuts against a washer 23 an a snap ring 22 on the screw shaft 9. As a result, the screw shaft 9 is connected to the timing piston 7 so that the axial movement from the shaft 9 is transmitted to the piston 7, while the piston 7 is rotating on the shaft 9, and a slight radial relative movement is allowed between the screw shaft 9 and the piston 7 without generating any play in the axial movement. An oil passageway is formed for lubricating the ball nut mechanism.

Variable valve timing apparatus

An electromagnetic reed valve comprises a pressing member which is mounted at a plunger. The pressing member is urged by a spring toward a reed valve body, so that the pressing member urges at least that portion of the reed valve body which confronts the outlet of a valve chamber, when the outlet is closed by the reed valve body.

Electromagnetic reed valve

An air supplying apparatus comprises, an air intake channel, one end of which is opened to the atmosphere, the other end of which is connected to a cylinder and in which an air stream flowing toward the cylinder is provided, a throttle valve provided in the other end side portion of the air intake channel, movable between a first position where the throttle valve sets the cross-sectional area of the air stream minimum and a second position where the throttle valve sets the same maximum, thereby controlling the output power of the engine, a control valve provided in one end side portion of the first channel, movable between a third position where the control valve closes the air intake channel and a fourth position where the control valve opens the air intake channel, a control channel attached to the air intake channel to by-pass the control valve, a supercharger provided in the control channel, a link mechanism connecting the throttle valve to the control valve, to move the control valve from the fourth position to the third position when the throttle valve moves from the first position to the second position, and to move the control valve from the third position to the fourth position when the throttle valve moves from the second position to the first position, and play mechanism attached to the link mechanism, for allowing one of the throttle and control valves to move when the other valve is held at a fixed position.

Supercharged internal combustion engine

An apparatus for controlling pressurized air supply to an engine has an intake passage connected to the engine at the downstream end thereof. A throttle valve is disposed at a downstream side of the intake passage. A supercharger control valve is disposed at an upstream side of the throttle valve in the intake passage. A supercharger passage containing a supercharger is connected to the intake passage at both upstream and downstream sides of the supercharger control valve. An actuator has an actuating body for dividing the actuator into a first and second pressure chambers. The actuating body is operatively connected to the supercharger control valve to close and open it according to the movement of the actuating body. A compression coil spring is provided in the first pressure chamber for normally pressing the actuating body to open the supercharger control valve. A change-over valve comprises a first pressure-receiving chamber communicating with the first pressure chamber and a second pressure-receiving chamber communicating with the second pressure chamber and the portion of the intake passage between the throttle valve and the supercharger control valve, and a valve body for selectively effecting the communication between the first and second pressure-receiving chambers and between the second pressure-receiving chamber and the portion of the intake passage between the throttle valve and the supercharger valve. A pressure introducing passage communicates with the first pressure chamber at its one end and to the downstream of the throttle valve in the intake passage at its other end.

Apparatus for controlling pressurized air supply to engines

An internal combustion engine comprising a carburetor which has a main air bleed passage and a slow air bleed passage. An air-fuel ratio of the mixture fed into the cylinder of an engine is so controlled that it becomes equal to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio by a single electromagnetic control valve arranged in the main air bleed passage and the slow air bleed passage. The control valve comprises a first reed valve arranged in the slow air bleed passage, a second reed valve arranged in the main air bleed passage, and an electromagnetic device simultaneously actuating the first reed valve and the second reed valve while maintaining the opening area of the first reed valve at an area which is larger than the opening area of the second reed valve.

Air-fuel ratio control device of an internal combustion engine

An air-fuel ratio control device of an internal combustion engine having a carburetor. An air bleed passage is connected to a fuel outflow passage of the carburetor, and an electromagnetic control valve is arranged in the air bleed passage. The control valve is controlled by the detecting signal of an oxygen concentration detector arranged in the exhaust passage so that the air-fuel ratio of a mixture fed into the cylinder of an engine becomes equal to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. When the vehicle is decelerated, the mean value of the potential level, which has been applied to the electromagnetic control valve before deceleration, is stored. When the throttle valve is opened during the deceleration and, then, the oxygen concentration detector detects that a rich air-fuel mixture is fed into the cylinder of the engine, the above-mentioned mean value is instantaneously applied to the electromagnetic control valve.

A blow-by gas treating and controlling system in which blow-by gas accumulated in the crank chamber of an internal combustion engine is induced by means of the vacuum generated at a portion of the throttle barrel of the carburetor above the throttle valve, the level of vacuum established in that region being proportional to the flow rate of the intake mixture. The blow-by gas is then mixed with the fresh air-fuel mixture and burnt together with the latter. Generation of an excessively high vacuum in the crankcase, which may take place when the rate of generation of the blow-by gas is small, is avoided because of the presence of a bleed pipe which is connected between the blow-by gas treating pipe and the air cleaner of the engine and adapted to supply suplementary air to the blow-by gas through orifice. Also, an excessively high pressure generated in the crank chamber is relieved through this bleed pipe which acts in this case as a safety by-pass passage.

Blow-gas treating and controlling system

An air-fuel ratio control device of an internal combustion engine having a carburetor. An air bleed passage is connected to a fuel outflow passage of the carburetor, and an electromagnetic control valve is arranged in the air bleed passage. The control valve is controlled by the detecting signal of an oxygen concentration detector arranged in the exhaust passage so that the air-fuel ratio of a mixture fed into the cylinder of an engine becomes equal to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. After the completion of the warm-up of an engine, the opening area of the control valve is maintained within a fixed range. Before the completion of the warm-up of an engine, the opening degree of the control valve becomes larger than the above-mentioned fixed range.

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Haruyuki Obata