Device for reducing the braking effect of the engine of a motor vehicle equipped with an anti-skid braking system
AssigneeFiat Societa per Azioni
InventorsMaurizio Cattaneo, Armando Marchino, Luigi Doano
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Abstract
An anti-skid braking system which includes a throttle control arrangement associated with the throttle plate located in the induction manifold for opening the plate upon operation of the anti-skid system in order to compensate for the braking effect of the engine initiated upon release of the accelerator pedal. The throttle arrangement includes a solenoid-controlled vacuum actuator and a piston connected to the throttle plate through a lever system.
Claims4
In a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine having at least one induction manifold connected thereto to direct fuel/air mixture into the cylinders of the engine, a throttle valve located within said manifold for regulating the air flow therein, and an anti-skid braking system connected to the wheels of the vehicle, the improvement which comprises throttle control means connected to and controlled by the anti-skid braking system, said throttle control means including an actuator connected to the throttle valve, and also connected to the induction manifold said throttle control means being effective to cause the opening of the throttle valve when the anti-skid braking system commences operation, and wherein the position of the throttle valve is varied, through the actuator, by the induction manifold vacuum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.