Unisia Jecs Corporation

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Hitachi, Ltd.

Masanori Koda

Akinobu Maeyama

Takashi Murasugi

Atsuhiro Mori

Shouichi Tsuchiya

Yoshiyuki Watanabe

Tatsuya Morishita

An oil pressure control apparatus which includes a source of hydraulic pressure introducing the hydraulic pressure to a hydraulic actuator which is actuated by hydraulic pressure, a fluid passage which is connected between the source of hydraulic pressure and the hydraulic actuator for introducing and discharging hydraulic pressure from the source of hydraulic pressure to the actuator, a control valve which is disposed in the fluid passages for controlling the hydraulic pressure and a filter is disposed in a position that is between the actuator and the control valve. Thereby, the control valve is capable to be operated smoothly.

Oil pressure control apparatus for an internal combustion engine

An oil pressure control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that has a source of hydraulic pressure and a hydraulic actuator which is actuated by hydraulic pressure provided via a fluid passage which is in communication with the source of hydraulic pressure. A control valve is disposed in the fluid passage for controlling the hydraulic pressure introduced to the actuator. A damper, which is disposed in a fluid communication between the hydraulic actuator and the control valve, is operative to attenuate the force of a pulsing stream of a working fluid in the fluid passage.

A camshaft phase changing apparatus for an internal combustion engine has a control valve interposed in a hydraulic circuit. The control valve controls the connection between one of first and second hydraulic passages and the hydraulic supply passage and the connection between the other of the first and second hydraulic passages to the hydraulic drain passage according to the engine driving condition. The first and second hydraulic passages are linked to a corresponding one of an advance-angle side hydraulic chamber and a retardation-angle side hydraulic chamber defined between a rotatable main body and a sleeve fitted on the camshaft. The control valve has a first port connecting the hydraulic drain passage to either the first or second hydraulic passage, and a second port connecting the hydraulic supply passage to the other of the first or second hydraulic passage. The first port has a cross-sectional area that is narrower than that formed on the second port when a cam phaser thereof is moved to adjust a rotational phase relationship between a rotary body and the camshaft.

Camshaft phase changing apparatus

In a camshaft phase changing apparatus for an internal combustion engine, a plurality of sealed surfaces are formed between an inner peripheral surface of a predetermined hole (a retaining hole formed in an engine cylinder block) present between respective annular hydraulic introducing grooves and an outer peripheral surface of a valve body of an electromagnetic type hydraulic control valve and a length of one of the sealed surfaces having a first difference in pressure is set to be longer than that of the other of the sealed surfaces having a second difference in pressure, the first difference in pressure being larger than the second difference in pressure. In the embodiment, an axial length (S1, S1) of each of the one of the sealed surfaces is set to be longer than that (S2, S2) of each of the others of the sealed surfaces.

An automatic clutch system includes an operating cylinder which is interconnected through a release lever with a friction element engaging mechanism. The operating cylinder is communicated with a master cylinder and an auxiliary cylinder through a hydraulic passage. A worm wheel driven by a motor has first and second connecting points which are oppositely disposed with respect to a rotation axis of the worm wheel. The first connecting point is interconnected with a piston rod of the master cylinder and has a first distance from the rotation axis. The second connecting point is interconnecting with a piston rod of the auxiliary cylinder and has a second distance from the rotation axis. The second distance is set smaller than the first distance so that the volume change of the auxiliary cylinder side is smaller than that of the mater cylinder side. Therefore, this cylinder arrangement functions stable to cancel a reaction force of a pressure spring of the friction element engaging mechanism to the worm wheel.

Automatic clutch system

A vibration damping equipment for a torsional damper comprises a hub plate, side plates, a torsion spring, a friction block, and low rigidity members. Each low rigidity member is interposed between the hub plate and each friction block to be adjacent to each other through a partition of the hub plate. The low rigidity members are connected to each other on at least one axial side of the partition.

Vibration damping equipment for torsional damper, including a low

A torsional damper comprises damper elements which are resiliently coupled by a spring arrangement and a friction generating device. One of the damper elements has a radially extending wall. The friction generating device includes a plurality of friction blocks received by the other damper element with play in the circumferential direction, and a spring arranged to bias the plurality of friction blocks against the radially extending wall. In order to absorb the shock of engagement of each of the plurality of friction blocks with the other damper element, a cushion is provided.

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Sagamihara, Japan

Masanori Koda