US 4,397,792 AGranted

Throttle valve linkage for use with multi-carburetor assembly

AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.

InventorsToshifumi Usui, Takashige Kohno, Tadao Osawa, Tokihiko Sakuma

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Abstract

A throttle valve linkage for use with a multi-carburetor assembly comprising a pair of carburetors has first and second levers secured respectively to the throttle shafts of the first and second carburetors, first and second link members respectively connected at one ends to the free ends of the first and second levers. The other ends of the first and second link members are pivotally connected by a common pivot pin which is slidably movable in a guide channel. The rotation of the first carburetor throttle shaft is transmitted by the linkage to the second carburetor throttle shaft so that the latter is rotated in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the first carburetor throttle shaft.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A throttle valve linkage for use with a multi-carburetor assembly including at least one pair of carburetors disposed between engine cylinders arranged in pair, each carburetor being associated with one of said cylinders, said carburetors being arranged such that the direction of the intake air flow through one of said carburetors is opposite to the direction of the intake air flow through the other carburetor, said carburetors having throttle shafts extending substantially in parallel relationship to each other and being adapted to be rotated in the opposite directions by operation of an accelerator to thereby open and close the throttle valves of said carburetors, said throttle valve linkage being adapted to be installed between said carburetors and comprising:

first and second levers adapted to be rotated with said throttle shafts of said first and second carburetors, respectively;
first and second link members pivotally connected at their one ends to the free ends of said first and second levers, respectively;
a common pivot pin pivotally connecting the other ends of said first and second link members;
means defining a substantially elongated guide channel for slidably guiding said common pivot pin;
one of said throttle shafts being operatively connected to said accelerator;
the arrangement being such that the rotation of said one throttle shaft is transmitted to the other throttle shaft so that the direction of the rotation of said other throttle shaft is inverted.

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A multi-carburetor assembly for use with a V-type engine for two-wheeled vehicles, said engine having a pair of cylinders arranged in V shape as viewed in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle to define a space therebetween, said multi-carburetor assembly being adapted to be installed in said space and comprising:

first and second carburetors adapted to be attached to first and second cylinders, respectively;
means connecting said first and second carburetors together into a unit;
each carburetor defining therein an intake passage adapted to be connected to the intake port of an associated cylinder, a throttle valve rotatably mounted in said intake passage and a throttle shaft supporting said throttle valve;
the throttle shafts of said first and second carburetors extending substantially in parallel relationship to each other;
and
a throttle valve linkage disposed between said first and second carburetor and drivingly connecting said throttle shafts of said first and second carburetors;
said throttle valve linkage comprising:
first and second levers adapted to be rotated with said throttle shafts of said first and second carburetors, respectively;
first and second link members pivotally connected at their one ends to the free ends of said first and second levers, respectively;
a common pivot pin pivotally connecting the other ends of said first and second link members;
means defining a substantially elongated guide channel for slidably guiding said common pivot pin;
one of said throttle shafts being operatively connected to said accelerator;
the arrangement being such that the rotation of said one throttle shaft is transmitted to the other throttle shaft so that the direction of the rotation of said other throttle shaft is inverted.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.