US4411845A
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Throttle valve assembly
Assignee: Denso Corp
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Filing: 1982-05-24
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Granted: 1983-10-25
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Expires: 2002-05-24
Abstract
Abstract An improved throttle valve assembly of the type which includes a throttle body provided with a throttle lever and a second, intermediate lever interconnected with each other by a roller/cam slot mechanism, said throttle lever being adapted to be moved by said second lever which is connected through the throttle linkage to the accelerator. The improvement comprises means disposed between the throttle lever and the second lever for adjusting the clearance existing between the cam slot and roller when the throttle valve is located in the vicinity of the idle position thereof, so that the excessive play that would otherwise arise at the accelerator when the throttle valve is in the idle position is reduced or avoided.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshio Tanahashi
- 👤 Sinya Sumitani
- 👤 Takeo Matuura
- 👤 Shinji Ichikawa
- 👤 Takao Okuno
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 14:56
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M19/00; F02M19/12; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20528; Y10T74/20534; Y10T74/20558; Y10T74/20576; Y10T74/20582; Y10T74/2063
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
An improved throttle valve assembly of the type which includes a throttle body having an intake passage therein, a throttle shaft journalled on said throttle body across said intake passage, a throttle lever secured to said throttle shaft, a throttle valve mounted on said throttle shaft for regulating the flow rate of the intake air flowing through said passage, and a second, intermediate lever pivoted on said throttle body and adapted to be moved via a throttle linkage by an accelerator, one of said throttle lever and second lever having an arcuated cam slot engaging with a roller mounted rotatably on the other lever for interconnecting said levers with each other, and in which the cam profile of said cam slot is arranged so that when the accelerator is stepped on, the angular position of the throttle valve varies in response to the travel of the accelerator according to a predetermined functional relationship, wherein the improvement comprises: means disposed between sai throttle lever and second lever for adjusting a clearance existing between said cam slot and roller at the idle position of said throttle valve to below the tolerable value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
An improved throttle valve assembly of the type which includes a throttle body having an intake passage therein, a throttle shaft journalled on said throttle body across said intake passage, a throttle lever secured to said throttle shaft, a throttle valve mounted on said throttle shaft for regulating the flow rate of the intake air flowing through said passage, and a second, intermediate lever pivoted on said throttle body and adapted to be moved via a throttle linkage by an accelerator, one of said throttle lever and second lever having an arcuated cam slot engaging with a roller mounted rotatably on the other lever for interconnecting said levers with each other, and in which the cam profile of said cam slot is arranged so that when the accelerator is stepped on, the angular position of the throttle valve varies in response to the travel of the accelerator according to a predetermined functional relationship, wherein the improvement comprises: means disposed between sai throttle lever and second lever for adjusting a clearance existing between said cam slot and roller at the idle position of said throttle valve to below the tolerable value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
An improved throttle valve assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adjusting means comprises an adjusting screw threadingly mounted on one of said levers and abutting against the other lever.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
An improved throttle valve assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the longitudinal axis of said adjusting screw is positioned obliquely with respect to the axis of said cam slot at the proximal end thereof so that both the lengthwise clearance and the crosswise clearance formed between said cam slot and the roller are adjusted simultaneously by said adjusting screw.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
An improved throttle valve assembly as claimed in claim 3, further comprising means associated with said throttle lever for biassing said throttle valve toward the idle position thereof with a force sufficient to overcome the frictional force exerted on said throttle shaft.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
An improved throttle valve assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said roller is mounted rotatably on a roller shaft secured to said other lever and wherein a bearing bush made of a material having a low friction coefficient is provided between said roller and roller shaft.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
An improved throttle valve assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein said material is polytetrafluoroethylene.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
An improved throttle valve assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein said roller has an outer surface in the form of a section of a sphere.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
An improved throttle valve assembly as claimed in claim 7, further comprising means associated with said intermediate lever for limiting the wide-open position of said throttle valve.
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