US 4,256,293 AGranted

Throttle control dash pot

AssigneeTom McGuane Industries, Inc.

InventorRonald R. Burgess

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Abstract

A dash pot which functions to control a throttle throughout its movement and also functions as a throttle return spring comprising a cylindrical body in which a guide member and associated shaft are positioned with the shaft extending externally of the body and a chamber associated with the cylinder having a diaphragm defining one wall thereof. The chamber and cylinder are filled with an incompressible fluid and an orifice is provided between the chamber and the cylinder. A spring yieldingly urges the shaft inwardly. A check valve and orifice are provided in the body to restrict the flow of fluid as the guide member is moved inwardly and permit the relatively free flow of liquid from one side of the guide member to the other as the guide member and associated shaft are moved outwardly. The end of the shaft is connected to the throttle so that when the throttle is released by the operator of the vehicle, the return velocity of the throttle to idle position is controlled throughout its movement.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A dash pot for controlling a throttle throughout its movement and functioning as a throttle return spring comprising

a body defining a cylinder,
a guide member in said cylinder,
said member including means permitting fluid to flow from one end of said cylinder to the other,
a shaft connected to said guide member and extending externally of said body at one end of said body,
a spring in said body urging said shaft inwardly of said body,
means defining a chmaber communicating with said cylinder at said one end of said body,
a diaphragm forming one wall of said chamber and exposed to ambient pressure,
and an orifice and check valve in said body interposed between said chamber and said cylinder at said one end of said body for metering said communication,
said check valve being operable to open when the shaft is moved outwardly and thereby permit fluid to flow freely from the chamber to the cylinder,
said check valve being operable to close and thereby force fluid flow through said orifice from the cylinder to the chamber when the shaft is moved inwardly,
means on said body for pivotally mounting said body in association with a carburetor at a point adjacent said one end of said body,
an incompressible fluid in said cylinder and said chamber.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 06/043,388Filed 29 May 1979
Granted: 17 Mar 1981
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

F16F 9/096
Where gas is in a chamber with a flexible wall: comprising a hydropneumatic accumulator of the membrane type provided on the upper or the lower…
B60K 26/04
Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles: of means connecting initiating means or elements to propulsion unit
F02M 19/122
External control gear, e.g. having dash-pots: damping elements
F16F 9/16
Devices with one or more members, e.g. pistons, vanes, moving to and fro in chambers and using throttling effect: involving only straight-line…