US 5,845,677 AGranted

Dual throttle valve

AssigneeKia Motors Corporation

InventorYong-Woo Kim

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a dual throttle valve of a car which includes an intake pipe divided into a primary intake path for low speed and a secondary intake path for middle or high speed, a primary throttle valve, a secondary throttle valve, a pinion, a fan-shaped gear, and a semi-circular member, wherein at a low speed, only the primary throttle valve rotates to open the primary intake path having a smaller diameter than the secondary intake path and at a middle or high speed, the primary and secondary throttle valves rotate sequentially to open the primary and secondary intake paths gradually even when the sudden accelerating for starting or outrunning occurs, so that waste of fuel at a low speed due to the sudden oversupply of gas and the occurrence of harmful exhaust gas due to the incomplete combustion at a middle or high speed can be prevented by controlling the amount of the intake gas.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A dual throttle valve of a car comprising:

an intake pipe member divided into a primary intake path for low speed and a secondary intake path for middle or high speed, the secondary intake path having a larger diameter than the primary intake path,
a primary throttle valve having a first opening disc and a primary shaft on which the opening disc rotates in the primary intake path,
a secondary throttle valve having a second opening disc which is larger than the first opening disc in diameter and a secondary shaft on which the second opening disc rotates in the secondary intake path,
a pinion coupled with one end part of the primary shaft on the external surface of the primary intake path and rotating together with the primary shaft,
a fan-shaped gear coupled with one end part of the secondary shaft on an upper part of the external surface of the secondary intake path and engaged with the pinion to pivot on the secondary shaft in a predetermined range of angle, and
a semi-circular member coupled with the one end part of the secondary shaft on a lower part of the external surface of the secondary intake path and facing the fan-shaped gear.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/725,114Filed 2 Oct 1996
Priority: KR 96-380653 Sep 1996
Granted: 8 Dec 1998
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

F02D 9/109
Having pivotally-mounted flaps: having two or more flaps
F02D 9/1065
Having pivotally-mounted flaps: mechanical control linkage between an actuator and the flap, e.g. including levers, gears, springs, clutches,…
F02D 11/04
Arrangements for, or adaptations to, non-automatic engine control initiation means, e.g. operator initiated: characterised by mechanical control…
F02M 35/10255
Devices or means connected to or integrated into air intakes; Air intakes combined with other engine or vehicle parts: arrangements of valves;…