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US 11,306,665 B2Granted
Throttle device
AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinya Yamaguchi, Toshihide Kokubu
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Abstract
A throttle device includes a throttle body, a throttle valve, a throttle shaft, a throttle gear, and a coil spring. A cylindrical spring guide disposed in the coil spring is provided on the throttle body. A full-close stopper and a full-open stopper arranged at a prescribed interval in a circumferential direction are provided on the spring guide. A fully closed opening regulation lever includes a full-close abutment configured to abut against the full-close stopper and full-open abutment configured to abut against the full-open stopper.
Claims5
A throttle device, comprising:
- a throttle body having an intake passage;
- a throttle valve attached to a throttle shaft configured to rotate the throttle valve to open and close the intake passage;
- a rotor coupled to the throttle shaft and configured to rotate with the throttle shaft;
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- a coil spring including a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the throttle body, the second end being connected to the rotor, wherein:
- the throttle body includes a spring guide having a cylindrical shape and being disposed within the coil spring;
- the spring guide includes a full-close stopper and a full-open stopper that are circumferentially spaced apart by a predetermined gap therebetween;
- the spring guide includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side;
- the full-close stopper and the full-open stopper are positioned on the first side of the spring guide;
- the coil spring is configured to contact the spring guide on the second side of the spring guide in response to a reaction force of a torsion torque of the coil spring;
- the throttle shaft includes a fully closed opening regulation member comprising a full-close abutment configured to abut the full-close stopper;
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- the throttle shaft includes a fully opened opening regulation member comprising a full-open abutment configured to abut the full-open stopper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.