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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2014
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Shinya Nakata, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiro Sasao, Chiryu, JP;
Takashi Ooga, Kariya, JP;
Takehiro Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Kosei Takagi, Nagoya, JP;
Yuusuke Yasuki, Nishio, JP;
Shuhei Oe, Nukata-gun, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A valve timing control apparatus includes a temperature sensing member which expands at a main lock phase when a temperature of an engine is higher than or equal to a predetermined temperature so as to prohibit a main lock component from moving out of a main lock hole to a guide slot. The temperature sensing member shrinks at the main lock phase when the temperature of the engine is lower than the predetermined temperature so as to allow the main lock component to move out of the main lock hole toward the guide slot.