INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

摘要

An internal combustion engine includes a variable valve timing control apparatus including a driving-side rotating member rotating about a rotary axis by rotational force transmitted from a crankshaft, a driven-side rotating member including at least one fluid pressure chambers partitioned and formed with at least one advanced angle chambers and at least one retarded angle chambers and integrally rotating with a camshaft for opening and closing a valve, and a lock mechanism configured with a lock member provided at one of the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotary member to be engageable and disengageable with a recessed portion formed at the other of the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotary member, and an engine control unit for stopping the internal combustion engine to position a portion where the lock mechanism is formed below a virtual line passing through the rotary axis when the internal combustion engine is stopped.

主权项

1. An internal combustion engine, comprising:
a variable valve timing control apparatus, including
a driving-side rotating member rotating about a rotary axis by rotational force transmitted from a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine;a driven-side rotating member being surrounded by the driving-side rotating member to include at least one fluid pressure chambers partitioned and formed with at least one advanced angle chambers and at least one retarded angle chambers between the driven-side rotating member and an inner portion of the driving-side rotating member, the driven-side rotating member integrally rotating with a camshaft for opening and closing a valve; anda lock mechanism configured with a lock member provided at one of the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotary member to be engageable and disengageable with a recessed portion formed at the other of the driving-side rotating member and the driven-side rotary member; and an engine control unit for stopping the internal combustion engine to position a portion where the lock mechanism is formed below a virtual line passing through the rotary axis and extending in a horizontal direction when the internal combustion engine is stopped.