# US 10,480,427 B2 · Choke valve structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,427 B2 - Document ID: US10480427B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/373,436 - Filed: 2016-12-08 - Published: 2017-06-15 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-10 - Assignees: Maruyama Mfg. Co., Inc. - Applicants: Maruyama Mfg. Co., Inc. - Inventors: Yoichi Ishikawa; Terutaka Yasuda; Toshihisa Nemoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480427B2 ## CPC - F02D 41/0002: {Controlling intake air} - F02M 1/02: the means to facilitate starting or idling being chokes for enriching fuel-air mixture (automatic chokes F02M1/08) - F02M 17/34: Other carburettors combined or associated with other apparatus, e.g. air filters - F02D: CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed B60K31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W) - F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF ## Abstract A choke valve structure includes an air cleaner body having a suction pipe portion provided on an end wall, a choke valve having a valve body allowed to adhere to a sealing surface formed around an opening, and a movement mechanism configured to move the choke valve along a direction parallel to the sealing surface such that the valve body moves in closing and opening directions. A blowing back prevention plate disposed on an axial line of the suction pipe portion to face the opening is provided integrally with the air cleaner body. A protrusion, allowed to come into contact with the blowing back prevention plate when the valve body moves in the closing direction, is provided on the valve body. The valve body is pressed against the sealing surface to adhere thereto when the protrusion conies into contact with the blowing back prevention plate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A choke valve structure for opening and closing an opening on an inlet side of an air inlet passage communicating with a carburetor provided in an engine, the choke valve structure comprising: an air cleaner body connected to the carburetor, the air cleaner body having an end wall and a suction pipe portion provided on the end wall and included in at least a portion of the air inlet passage, the suction pipe portion having an axial line; a choke valve having a valve body to adhere to a sealing surface formed around the opening, the valve body being configured to move in a closing direction in which the opening is closed and an opening direction in which the opening is opened, the valve body having an edge part which rotationally moves in the closing direction and the opening direction; a movement mechanism configured to move the choke valve along a direction parallel to the sealing surface such that the valve body moves in the closing direction and the opening direction; a blowing back prevention plate provided integrally with the air cleaned body, the blowing back prevention plate having a disc shape and being disposed on the axial line to face the opening; and a protrusion provided on the edge part of the valve body of the choke valve, the protrusion protruding in a direction of the axial line from the valve body and configured to come into sliding contact with the blowing back prevention plate when the movement mechanism operates and the valve body moves in the closing direction, wherein the valve body is pressed against the sealing surface to adhere to the sealing surface when the protrusion comes into contact with the blowing back prevention plate, and wherein a diameter of the blowing back prevention plate is equal to an inner diameter of the suction pipe portion, and wherein the protrusion is configured to make sliding contact with the blowing back prevention plate along substantially an entire length of the diameter of the blowing back prevention plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The choke valve structure according to claim 1, wherein the blowing back prevention plate has a first surface on a side of the opening with which the protrusion comes into contact, and the first surface is inclined with respect to the direction parallel to the sealing surface to press the valve body against the sealing surface as the valve body moves in the closing direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The choke valve structure according to claim 1, wherein the blowing back prevention plate has a first surface on a side of the opening with which the protrusion comes into contact and a second surface on an opposite side from the first surface, and a rib for reinforcement is provided on the second surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The choke valve structure according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting portion that extends in the direction of the axial line and connects the end wall to the blowing back prevention plate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The choke valve structure according to claim 4, wherein the connecting portion is positioned below the axial line of the suction pipe portion, and forms a shape of a cylindrical surface which is open upward. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The choke valve structure according to claim 1, wherein the choke valve configured to rotate around a shaft portion provided in the end wall. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The choke valve structure according to claim 6, wherein the movement mechanism has a lever disposed outside the air cleaner body, the shaft portion being attached to the lever. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The choke valve structure according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion is configured to come into sliding contact with the blowing back prevention plate prior to the protrusion passing through the axial line when the valve body moves in the closing direction. ### Claim 9 A choke valve structure for opening and closing an opening on an inlet side of an air inlet passage communicating with a carburetor provided in an engine, the choke valve structure comprising: an air cleaner body connected to the carburetor, the air cleaner body having an end wall and a suction pipe portion provided on the end wall and included in at least a portion of the air inlet passage; a choke valve having a valve body to adhere to a sealing surface formed around the opening; a movement mechanism configured to move the choke valve along a direction parallel to the sealing surface such that the valve body moves in a closing direction in which the opening is closed and an opening direction in which the opening is opened; a blowing back prevention plate is provided integrally with the air cleaner body, the blowing back prevention plate having a disc shape and being disposed on an axial line of the suction pipe portion to face the opening; and a protrusion provided on the valve body of the choke valve, the protrusion protruding in a direction of the axial line from the valve body and configured to come into sliding contact with the blowing back prevention plate when the movement mechanism operates and the valve body moves in the closing direction; wherein the valve body is pressed against the sealing surface to adhere to the sealing surface when the protrusion comes into contact with the blowing back prevention plate, the blowing back prevention plate has a contact surface on a side of the opening with which the protrusion comes into contact, wherein the blowing back prevention plate has a thickness which gradually increases from an upper part where the protrusion first comes into contact with the blowing back prevention plate toward a lower part where the protrusion remains in contact with the blowing back prevention plate when the valve body moves in the closing direction, such that the contact surface is inclined with respect to the direction parallel to the sealing surface to press the valve body against the sealing surface as the valve body moves in the closing direction, wherein the contact surface of the blowing back prevention plate having a width which is greater than the thickness, and wherein a diameter of the blowing back prevention plate is equal to an inner diameter of the suction pipe portion, and wherein the protrusion is configured to make sliding contact with the blowing back prevention plate along substantially an entire length of the diameter of the blowing back prevention plate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The choke valve structure according to claim 9, wherein the blowing back prevention plate has a second surface on an opposite side from the contact surface, and a rib for reinforcement is provided on the second surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The choke valve structure according to claim 9, further comprising a connecting portion that extends in the direction of the axial line and connects the end wall to the blowing back prevention plate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The choke valve structure according to claim 11, wherein the connecting portion is positioned below the axial line of the suction pipe portion, and forms a shape of a cylindrical surface which is open upward. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The choke valve structure according to claim 9, wherein the choke valve configured to rotate around a shaft portion provided in the end wall. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The choke valve structure according to claim 13, wherein the movement mechanism has a lever disposed outside the air cleaner body, the shaft portion being attached to the lever. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The choke valve structure according to claim 9, wherein the protrusion first comes into contact with the blowing back prevention plate and before the protrusion passes through the axial line when the valve body moves in the closing direction. ### Claim 16 A choke valve structure for opening and closing an opening on an inlet side of an air inlet passage communicating with a carburetor provided in an engine, the choke valve structure comprising: an air cleaner body connected to the carburetor, the air cleaner body having an end wall and a suction pipe portion provided on the end wall and included in at least a portion of the air inlet passage; a choke valve having a valve body to adhere to a sealing surface formed around the opening; a movement mechanism configured to move the choke valve along a direction parallel to the sealing surface such that the valve body moves in a closing direction in which the opening is closed and an opening direction in which the opening is opened; a blowing back prevention plate provided integrally with the air cleaner body, the blowing back prevention plate having a disc shape and being disposed on an axial line of the suction pipe portion to face the opening; a protrusion provided on the valve body of the choke valve, the protrusion protruding in a direction of the axial line from the valve body and configured to come into contact with the blowing back prevention plate when the movement mechanism operates and the valve body moves in the closing direction, wherein the valve body is pressed against the sealing surface to adhere to the sealing surface when the protrusion comes into contact with the blowing back prevention plate, wherein the blowing back prevention plate has a first surface on a side of the opening with which the protrusion comes into contact and a second surface on an opposite side from the first surface; and a rib for reinforcement provided on the second surface of the blowing back prevention plate, the rib extending in the opening and the closing direction, wherein a diameter of the blowing back prevention plate is equal to an inner diameter of the suction pipe portion, and wherein the protrusion is configured to make sliding contact with the blowing back prevention plate along substantially an entire length of the diameter of the blowing back prevention plate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The choke valve structure according to claim 16, wherein the first surface is inclined with respect to the direction parallel to the sealing surface to press the valve body against the sealing surface as the valve body moves in the closing direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The choke valve structure according to claim 16, further comprising a connecting portion that extends in the direction of the axial line and connects the end wall to the blowing back prevention plate. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The choke valve structure according to claim 18, wherein the connecting portion is positioned below the axial line of the suction pipe portion, and forms a shape of a cylindrical surface which is open upward. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The choke valve structure according to claim 16, wherein the protrusion is configured to come into contact with the blowing back prevention plate prior to the protrusion passing through the axial line when the valve body moves in the closing direction.