Valve timing control apparatus and manufacturing method thereof

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PATENT NO 9896977
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15198224

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A sprocket plate, which is rotated synchronously with a crankshaft, includes a tapered hole portion. A shoe housing, which stops rotation of an inner rotor, includes a press fitting hole portion, which extends straight and into which a positioning member is press fitted. The positioning member includes: a contacting distal end portion that is inserted into the tapered hole portion in an axial direction and contacts an inner peripheral surface of the tapered hole portion at a specific side; a main shaft portion that extends straight in the axial direction and is press fitted into the press fitting hole portion in the axial direction; and a loosely inserting shaft portion that is formed between the contacting distal end portion and the main shaft portion and is loosely inserted into the press fitting hole portion in the axial direction.

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DENSO CORPORATION1-1 SHOWA-CHO KARIYA-CITY AICHI-PREF 448-8661

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Suzuki, Tomonori Kariya, JP 49 397

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