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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016684 | Centrifugal advance mechanism A centrifugal advance mechanism has drive and driven members connected with one another to rotate about a common axis as they move toward and away from each other along the common axis. A resilient element biases the members toward each other. A ramp on one of the m... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7347173 | Valve timing control system for internal combustion engine A valve timing system for an internal combustion engine includes a phase alteration mechanism interposed between a driving rotator and a driven rotator and having a direction turning point at which the phase alteration direction is reversed when a movable portion of... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343887 | Apparatus for abnormal diagnosis of variable valve timing mechanism An abnormality diagnosis system 100 includes a VVT controller 110, an adjustable valve mechanism 120, a cam angle sensor 130, a model computation module 140, an abnormality detection module 150, and an alarm lamp 160.... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331318 | Camshaft adjuster with play-free locking Camshaft adjusters according to the swivel motor principle may be provided with a bar which arrests the rotor in a position relative to the stator. A bar according to the invention is provided with two portions, between which a change of power transmission takes pla... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7308878 | Valve timing control apparatus A valve timing control apparatus includes a driving side rotational member, a driven side rotational member formed with a plurality of recessed portions into which a supporting jig is insertable at a second side thereof in the axial direction, a fluid pressure chamb... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7270096 | Variable phase drive mechanism A twin vane-type phaser is described which is provided with a locking mechanism for locking the drive member to the driven members when the pressure in the working chambers is a below is predetermined value. The locking mechanism comprises two coaxial locking pins | 09/18/2007 |
| 7225772 | Method, control unit and program code for a control unit for controlling a camshaft control device To operate a steplessly adjustable camshaft control device, particularly reliably and safely, an adaptation of the camshaft and the crankshaft is performed so that a phase angle (actual value) of the camshaft to the crankshaft is determined, the phase angle is monit... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213554 | Valve timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine A valve timing control apparatus for controlling an opening and closing timing of a valve of an internal combustion engine includes a driving side rotational member synchronously rotated with a crankshaft, a driven side rotational member provided coaxially with the ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7159549 | Variable valve system of internal combustion engine A camshaft is formed at a generally middle portion with an enlarged cylindrical portion. An annular vane member is mounted on the enlarged cylindrical portion and secured thereto by means of a nut. An annular housing or sprocket is arranged to receive therein the an... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152561 | Control structure for the adjusting motor of an electric camshaft adjuster A control structure for the adjusting motor of an electric camshaft adjuster in an internal combustion engine is provided. The control structure includes a controller which processes measuring signals of the internal combustion engine to control data for the adjusti... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150251 | Valve timing control apparatus The invention intends to improve a response by utilizing a rotational variable torque of a cam shaft. Communication paths respectively communicating an advance hydraulic chamber and a retard hydraulic chamber provided in a second rotary member and a hydraulic connec... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7117832 | Device for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle A device for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has a stator and a rotor fixedly connected to a camshaft and rotatable relative to the stator. A drive wheel is fixedly connected to the stator and is centered by the camshaft. The... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7025023 | Hydraulic camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine In a hydraulic camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine including a hydraulic operating unit for adjusting the angular position of the camshaft relative to a camshaft drive by way of a hydraulic control valve with a valve housing in which a control piston... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6997150 | CTA phaser with proportional oil pressure for actuation at engine condition with low cam torsionals A variable camshaft timing phaser for an internal combustion engine having at least one camshaft comprising a plurality of vanes in chambers defined by a housing and a spool valve. The vanes define an advance and retard chamber. At least one of the vanes is cam torq... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6971351 | Valve timing adjusting device A region including an engaging hole is given surface treatment such as partial quench hardening by induction hardening for improving surface hardness of the region. The partial quench hardening by induction hardening provides the region with satisfactory mechanical ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968816 | Oil flow control valve In an oil flow control valve (OCV) according to the present invention, a first volume varying chamber is adapted to communicate with a second volume varying chamber through a second plunger breathing path, and the second volume varying chamber is adapted to communic... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962133 | Variable valve timing control device A variable valve timing control device comprises a housing member integrally rotating with either one of a crankshaft or a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, a rotor member assembled to the housing member so as to be rotatable relative thereto, including at ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6883480 | Camshaft adjuster for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles A camshaft adjuster for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles has a stator having a casing and stays connected to the casing and projecting radially inwardly. A rotor rotatable relative to the stator is fastened on the camshaft. The rotor has a rotor base me... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6805081 | Valve timing control device for internal combustion engine A valve timing control device for an internal combustion engine, comprises a drive rotary member rotated by a crankshaft of the engine, a driven rotary member to rotate a camshaft of the engine upon rotation of the drive rotary member; a rotational phase control mec... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805082 | Valve timing adjustment device A valve timing adjusting device sets an amount of phase shift of a driven shaft with respect to a drive shaft. A first hole in a first rotor forms a first track extending in order to vary its radial distance from a rotation center line. The first hole makes contact ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6755164 | Variable valve timing apparatus for vehicle engine A variable valve timing apparatus for vehicle engine, the apparatus comprising: a rotor secured at a tip end of a cam shaft; a housing with the rotor rotatably mounted therein; and a piston mounted in the housing for rotating the rotor, such that the number of oil p... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6739298 | Valve timing adjusting apparatus In a valve timing adjusting apparatus, rotating response speed of a vane rotor and a moving speed of a lock piston are changed according to changes of oil temperature and pressure. It sometimes happens that the lock piston passes the fitting hole before the lock pis... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6701878 | Variable valve timing device A variable valve timing device includes a rotation transmitting member rotated integrally with a rotation shaft of an engine, a rotor member disposed in the rotation transmitting member to be rotated relative to the rotation transmitting member and rotate... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6684835 | Valve timing control device A valve timing control device is provided, which has an advantageous point of locking a relative rotation phase at an intermediate phase based on an engine halt signal. The valve opening-closing timing control device has a relative rotation control mechan... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684837 | Control apparatus of variable valve timing mechanism and method thereof In a variable valve timing mechanism that changes a rotation phase of a camshaft with respect to a crankshaft by an actuator to vary valve timing of engine valves, when a fixed condition of the rotation phase is detected, the actuator is forcibly driven, ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6652406 | Transmission A transmission provided with an input shaft and an output shaft supported on a first axis so as to freely rotate. The transmission is also provided with a transmission eccentric shaft mounted on the input shaft so as to freely rotate, the eccentric shaft ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6640760 | Camshaft rearranging device A camshaft rearranging device for an internal combustion engine including a crankshaft and a camshaft having a longitudinal axis. The camshaft rearranging device includes first or internal part aligned with the longitudinal axis of the camshaft and jointe... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6622674 | Valve timing control system for internal combustion engine A valve timing control system includes a driving plate coupled to a crankshaft, a lever shaft coupled to a camshaft, a VTC housing, and an electromagnetic coil mounted to the VTC housing for producing a magnetic field to control a mounting angle formed be... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6532921 | Valve timing adjusting device for internal combustion engine It is an object to provide a continuously variable valve timing adjusting device to improve valve timing advance response for an internal combustion engine. The device, capable of continuously and variably controlling the intake valve timing phase, includ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6526929 | Device for relative angular adjustment between two drive-connected elements rotating at the same rotational speed A device for relative angular adjustment between two drive-connected elements rotating at the same rotational speed, in particular between a chain wheel and a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, includes, as an actuating drive, an electrically comm... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6526930 | Valve timing control system for internal combustion engine A valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine for preventing dispersion of a control amount and unexpected release of a lock pin is provided. The valve timing control system is provided with actuators 15 and 16 connected to cam shafts 15... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523512 | Control unit for adjusting the angle of rotation of a camshaft An angle of rotation of a camshaft relative to an angle of rotation of a crankshaft in internal combustion engines is adjusted for influencing the control times of a valve operation sequence. A wobble plate mechanism including a wobble drive realizes the ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6516763 | Method of controlling a device that varies the valve control times an internal combustion engine, especially of a camshaft adjusting device with hydraulically releaseable start lock A method of actuating a device for varying the valve timing of an internal combustion engine without jamming of the locking element during starting of the internal combustion engine, the solenoid of the hydraulic valve is at first energized through a numb... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6505586 | Variable valve timing control apparatus and method for engines A variable valve timing control apparatus is constructed so as to supply hydraulic pressure to an unlocking chamber for unlocking a lock pin only from a retarding chamber. In cranking an engine, a hydraulic pressure control valve is controlled so as to su... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6497208 | Variable valve control apparatus for an internal combustion engine A variable valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising a housing member rotated in synchronism with one of a first shaft and a second shaft, the housing member comprising a circular space provided therein and at least one f... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6484676 | Apparatus and method for controlling variable valve timing of internal combustion engine The reference valve timing of an intake valve and an exhaust valve is set based on an engine load detected and an engine rotation speed detected. An engine start and an engine idling condition are detected. The valve timing of the intake valve and the exh... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6477996 | Variable valve timing system A variable valve timing system is provided with a relative rotation controlling mechanism allowing relative rotation of the housing member and the rotor member by an unlock operation through the supply of operation fluid, and restricting the relative rota... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6453859 | Multi-mode control system for variable camshaft timing devices A variable camshaft timing apparatus (10) includes a pulse actuating circuit (24A,50,44,56,60,24R and 24R,52,46,54,58,24A) for oscillating the variable camshaft timing apparatus in reaction to fluid under pulsation, and includes a pressure actuating circu... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6412462 | Cam phaser apparatus having a stator integral with a back plate or a front cover plate A cam phaser wherein the stator is integral with either the back plate or the front cover plate. The integral stator may be formed by any desired forming technique, such as, for example, by machining, casting, welding, or injection molding. Preferably, ho... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6405694 | Variable valve timing control device for internal combustion engine Either of intake and exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine is provided with a variable valve timing device. In a low-speed, low-load range, exhaust valve advanced-closing control is performed to close the exhaust valve at an earlier timing than ... | 06/18/2002 |
