Learning mechanical stops in a non-rigid intermediate gear

A device for determining information regarding a final position of an element of a gear, in particular a drive gear wheel, the information regarding the final position representing a stop position of a throttle valve at a mechanical stop, the device comprising:

• a drive device for moving the element from a starting position in a direction of the final position, until the element comes to a standstill despite a specified supply of drive energy;
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• a measuring device for determining information regarding a position of the element at standstill despite the supply of drive energy;
• the measuring device being configured to determine the information regarding the final position in that information regarding a correction distance is subtracted from the information regarding the position of the element at standstill, counter to the direction of the final position at standstill despite the supply of drive energy.