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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hirofumi Hase, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
Abstract
A valve timing control device according to the present invention has a between-sealing-faces clearance defined between a frontal end of each shoe of a first rotor and an outer periphery of a boss section of a second rotor corresponding to the frontal end of the shoe and accepting the quantity of oil leaks having no effect on the responsibility of the device as a maximum value. The between-sealing-faces clearance is so set as to be larger than the maximum bearing clearance defined between the camshaft and a bearing section of the device supporting rotationally the camshaft.