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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 1/302 ; F01L 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 1/302 ; F01L 1/34 ;
Abstract
A valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine that includes a biasing device that applies bias force to a camshaft of intake or exhaust valves so as to bring the valve timing of the engine into a predetermined state when the valve timing is in a predetermined range, for example, when the valve timing is on the retard side of the engine start valve timing with which the engine is started is controlled by a controller that controls the valve timing in view of the bias force of the biasing device.