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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Masanori Suzuki, Nukata-gun, JP;
Yoshiyuki Murao, Kariya, JP;
Inventors:
Masanori Suzuki, Nukata-gun, JP;
Yoshiyuki Murao, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 (2006.01); F01L 1/344 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/3442 (2013.01); F01L 2001/3443 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34423 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve timing controller has a control valve and a linear solenoid. The control valve is disposed in an interlocking rotor constructed by a vane rotor and a camshaft. The linear solenoid includes a movable member having an output shaft, and a bearing portion supporting the movable member to reciprocate and rotate. A spool of the control valve is contact with the output shaft. The output shaft contacts a sphere-shaped end surface of the spool, at a contact position offset in a radial direction from a center axis of the spool.