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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Taei Sugiura, Anjo, JP;
Tomomasa Oonishi, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
Abstract
A restraining hole for restraining a stopper piston is constituted by a straight hole having an axis perpendicular to the direction of a relative rotation of a vane rotor with respect to a shoe housing and a tapered hole formed on a deep side of the straight hole and reduced in diameter on a deep side thereof. According to this construction, by virtue of a wedge effect between the tapered hole and the stopper piston, a relative rotation between a driving shaft system and a driven shaft system can be restrained at a predetermined angular position and it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a striking sound.