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.
Claims12
1-11. (canceled)
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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.