Throttle lever assembly
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRobert David Garrick, Mary Lyko Wallace, Donald Ray Read
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Abstract
A throttle lever assembly for controlling the air intake of a throttle body of an internal combustion engine includes a return cam secured to an end of a throttle shaft. The return cam, formed of a planar metal plate, has a channel disposed about a portion of its periphery for receiving an accelerator cable. The channel is formed of alternately offset fingers having fluke-shaped end portions to provide substantially continuous walls of the channel and a cable seat formed of alternately offset fingers. In addition, the return cam may include a cruise stud extending axially from the outer surface of the cam return, an idle stop lever and a wide open stop lever.
Claims11
A throttle lever for use in a throttle body assembly having a throttle housing and a return spring, the throttle lever comprising:
- a shaft having first and second end portions, the second end portion attached to the throttle housing;
- and a unitary return cam attached to the first end portion of the shaft, the return cam having first and second radial surfaces with a channel disposed about a portion of the periphery of the return cam, the channel defined by a plurality of fingers offset to form first and second radial surfaces, whereby the channel is open radially outward for receiving an accelerator cable therein.
A throttle lever for use in a throttle body assembly having a throttle housing, the throttle lever comprising:
- a return cam for attachment to the first end portion of the shaft, the return cam having first and second radial surfaces with a channel disposed about a portion of the periphery of the return cam, the channel defined by a plurality of flattened fingers forming a pair of substantially continuous walls, whereby the channel is open for receiving an accelerator cable therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.