Throttle valve and vehicle
AssigneeVitesco Technologies GmbH
InventorsJin Wu, Zhengmao Wei
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Abstract
A throttle valve includes a housing, an electric motor and an insert. The electric motor is accommodated in the housing and drives opening and closing of an air flow passage of the throttle valve. The insert is partially enclosed in the housing and includes an electrically conductive insert body at least partially accessibly exposed from the housing, and an electrically conductive electric motor connector. One end of the motor connector is electrically connected to the insert body, and the other end thereof is electrically connected to the electrically conductive housing of the electric motor.
Claims6
A throttle valve for a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing (1);
- an electric motor (2), the electric motor (2) being accommodated in the housing and configured to drive an opening and closing of an air flow passage of the throttle valve;
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- an insert (3) arranged so as to be partially enclosed in the housing (1), the insert (3) comprising:
- an electrically conductive insert body (32) arranged so as to be at least partially accessibly exposed from the housing (1), and
- an electrically conductive electric motor connector (31), the electric motor connector (31) being enclosed in the housing (1), with a first end of the electric motor connector (31) being electrically connected to the insert body (32) and a second end of the electric motor connector (31) being electrically connected to the electrically conductive housing of the electric motor,
- wherein the insert body (32) comprises an electrically conductive annular body (321), at least a portion of an axial end face (3211) of the annular body and an inner surface (3213) of the annular body being exposed from the housing (1),
- wherein the insert body (32) further comprises at least one electrically conductive connecting hole insert (322), the at least one electrically conductive connecting hole insert (322) being configured to, using a housing connector, secure the housing (1) to the vehicle,
- wherein axial end faces of each of the connecting hole inserts (322) are exposed from the housing, and
- wherein the electric motor connector (31) is integrally formed with the annular body (321) and the at least one connecting hole insert (322), the annular body (321) and the at least one connecting hole insert (322) being connected to one another, the electric motor connector (31) being an L-shaped projection, a first leg of the L-shaped projection being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the electric motor (2) and extending from the at least one connecting hole insert (322) and a second leg of the L-shaped projection being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the electric motor (2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.