| 摘要 |
The valve timing controller comprises a stopper mechanism and a lock mechanism including a lock member (6) assembled with a housing member and a tip portion (61a) of which is always projecting towards a rotor member, a free recess portion formed on the rotor member and accommodating the tip portion of the lock member while allowing the relative rotation of the housing member and the rotor member, a stopper surface (23e) formed on one end surface in circumferential direction of the free recess portion (23d) and defining a initial phase by the contact with the tip portion of the lock member, a lock recess portion (23f) formed continuously along the stopper surface and being capable of accommodating the tip portion of the lock member with restricting the movement thereof in circumferentail direction at the initial phase, and a lock spring (62) biasing the lock member towards the lock recess portion. <IMAGE> |
