It includes: a housing (7) to which a torque is transmitted from a crankshaft; a vane rotor (8) mounted inside the housing and includes a cylindrical rotor (20) fastened to a camshaft (2) by a cam bolt (5); and a groove portion (47) formed at a distal end surface of a tubular part (23) of the rotor and has a lateral surface (47a) in a direction opposite to a direction of fastening of the cam bolt. The lateral surface includes an inside edge (47d) in a radial direction of the rotor, and is inclined in the direction opposite to the direction of fastening of the cam bolt, with respect to a first imaginary plane (S1) containing the inside edge and a rotational axis (O) of the vane rotor. This serves to suppress rotation of the vane rotor during bolting the vane rotor to the camshaft, and suppress deformation due to the suppression of rotation.

A composite structure includes: a cover plate having a countersunk hole and a plate side fitting hole; a bearing plate having a screw hole and a screw side fitting hole located opposite from the plate side fitting hole through the screw hole; and a plate screw component including a screw part engaged with the screw hole, and a plate side fitting part and a screw side fitting part respectively fitted with the plate side fitting hole and the screw side fitting hole to be in alignment with each other. A difference a in diameter between the plate side fitting hole and the plate side fitting part, a difference b in diameter between the screw side fitting hole and the screw side fitting part, and an effective difference c in diameter between the screw hole and the screw part satisfy a dimensional relation of a<c and b<c.

The disclosure relates to a shaft adjuster, in particular a camshaft adjuster, comprising a drive gear having a spur gear toothing and a clamping gear which is arranged coaxially relative to the drive gear and which is loaded by a spring acting in the circumferential direction. The spring is also designed as an axial securing element for axially securing the clamping gear on the drive gear.

A calibrating tool may include a clamping sleeve and a fixing ring. The clamping sleeve may include a plurality of radially displaceable clamping jaws extending in a finger-like manner in an axial direction. The plurality of clamping jaws may each have a free end and a conically outwardly widening outer surface disposed at the free end. The fixing ring may be arranged on the clamping sleeve in an axially displaceable manner. The fixing ring may have a conical internal surface area. The plurality of clamping jaws may move radially inwards when the fixing ring is pushed on and the conical internal surface area of the fixing ring is in contact with the conically outwardly widening-external outer surface of each of the plurality of clamping jaws.

A camshaft phaser including a locking clearance setting pin is provided. The camshaft phaser includes a stator including a first plurality of pin holes extending axially in at least one of the radially inwardly extending lobes arranged along an arcuate path. A locking cover engages against a first axial end face of the stator and includes a locking pin bore and a second plurality of pin holes arranged along the arcuate path and angularly spaced apart from one another by a different angular spacing than the first plurality of pin holes. A pin extends through a respective one of the first plurality of pin holes and a corresponding one of the second plurality of pin holes, such that a location of the pin sets an angular adjustment of the locking pin bore relative to the stator.

Provided is a novel valve timing control apparatus capable of reducing an axial length and of reducing a thickness of a housing. A valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a timing pulley to which a rotational force is transmitted from a crankshaft via a timing belt, a housing configured to be rotated by the timing pulley and including a plurality of shoes provided on an inner peripheral surface thereof, and a vane rotor relatively rotatably contained inside the housing and configured to be rotated in synchronization with a camshaft. The vane rotor includes a vane forming a retard angle oil chamber and an advance angle oil chamber inside the housing in cooperation with the plurality of shoes. A predetermined interval is provided between an outer peripheral portion of the housing and an inner peripheral portion of the timing pulley. An outer peripheral portion of a housing main body of the housing and the inner peripheral portion of the timing pulley are coupled with each other via a plurality of coupling beam portions with intervals in a circumferential direction. The housing main body, the timing pulley, and the plurality of coupling beam portions are integrally formed.

A camshaft phaser including a locking clearance setting pin is provided. The camshaft phaser includes a stator including a first plurality of pin holes extending axially in at least one of the radially inwardly extending lobes arranged along an arcuate path. A locking cover engages against a first axial end face of the stator and includes a locking pin bore and a second plurality of pin holes arranged along the arcuate path and angularly spaced apart from one another by a different angular spacing than the first plurality of pin holes. A pin extends through a respective one of the first plurality of pin holes and a corresponding one of the second plurality of pin holes, such that a location of the pin sets an angular adjustment of the locking pin bore relative to the stator.

A composite structure includes: a cover plate having a countersunk hole and a plate side fitting hole; a bearing plate having a screw hole and a screw side fitting hole located opposite from the plate side fitting hole through the screw hole; and a plate screw component including a screw part engaged with the screw hole, and a plate side fitting part and a screw side fitting part respectively fitted with the plate side fitting hole and the screw side fitting hole to be in alignment with each other. A difference a in diameter between the plate side fitting hole and the plate side fitting part, a difference b in diameter between the screw side fitting hole and the screw side fitting part, and an effective difference c in diameter between the screw hole and the screw part satisfy a dimensional relation of a<c and b<c.

An engine includes: a block defining a cylinder bore; a crankshaft mounted for rotation in the block; a piston disposed in the cylinder bore; a connecting rod interconnecting the piston to the crankshaft; and a cylinder head coupled to the block and including: a combustion chamber aligned with the cylinder bore and having an intake opening and an exhaust opening communicating therewith; an intake port; an exhaust port; a rotatable inlet valve barrel disposed between the intake opening and the intake port and having a first diameter; and a rotatable exhaust valve barrel disposed between the exhaust opening and the exhaust port and having a second diameter different from the first diameter.

An adjustable camshaft for an internal combustion engine may have a support shaft that extends along a rotational axis; a cam pack having a cam element that is received on the support shaft such that the cam pack can be displaced along the rotational axis, wherein the cam pack can be latched on the support shaft in at least two axial latching positions; a latching element that is prestressed by way of a spring element; and a latching element receptacle disposed on the support shaft. The latching element can latch into the latching element receptacle in the latching positions. The spring element and the latching element may be received in the cam pack.