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US 9,638,108 B2Granted
Sector gear with integrated bushing
AssigneeContinental Automotive Systems, Inc.
InventorsMohammed Rizwan Khan, Don Taylor
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Abstract
A throttle body having an integrated sector gear which includes a sector gear component, a bushing integrally formed with the sector gear component such that the bushing and sector gear component are a single part, and an insert, where the bushing and the sector gear formed around the insert. The insert includes a first arm and a second arm, and the insert is configurable to be formed with the sector gear and the bushing to be suitable for use with one or more packaging requirements of the throttle body.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- a sector gear component, including:
- a gear member;
- a first bushing integrally formed with the gear member;
- an insert, a portion of the gear member integrally formed around at least two surfaces of the insert;
- a shaft, the insert mounted on the shaft such that the shaft rotates as the gear member, the first bushing, and the insert are rotated;
- a ridge integrally formed with the gear member, the ridge substantially circumscribing the first bushing, the outer diameter of the ridge being larger than the outer diameter of the first bushing;
- a groove integrally formed with the gear member such that the ridge is substantially circumscribed by the groove;
- a spring in contact with the ridge formed as part of the gear member;
- a second bushing, the spring in contact with a portion of the second bushing;
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- a bearing boss, the second bushing mounted to the bearing boss;
- wherein the spring partially surrounds the first bushing and partially surrounds the second bushing, the portion of the gear member is formed around the insert such that the sector gear component is in a right-hand configuration or a left-hand configuration, and the position of the insert relative to the first bushing in the right-hand configuration is different than the position of the insert relative to the first bushing in the left-hand configuration.
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An integrally formed sector gear, comprising:
- a sector gear;
- a first bushing integrally formed with the sector gear;
- an insert, the first bushing and the sector gear integrally formed around at least two surfaces of the insert;
- a ridge integrally formed with the gear member, the ridge substantially circumscribing the first bushing, the outer diameter of the ridge being larger than the outer diameter of the first bushing;
- a groove integrally formed with the gear member such that the ridge is substantially circumscribed by the groove;
- a spring in contact with the ridge formed as part of the gear member;
- a second bushing, the spring in contact with a portion of the second bushing;
- a bearing boss, the second bushing mounted to the bearing boss;
- a first arm formed as part of the insert;
- a second arm formed as part of the insert;
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- a shaft, the insert mounted on the shaft such that the shaft rotates as the sector gear, the first bushing, and the insert are rotated;
- wherein the spring partially surrounds the first bushing and partially surrounds the second bushing, the sector gear and the first bushing are formed around the insert in a right-hand configuration or a left hand configuration to be suitable for use with one or more packaging requirements, and the position of the insert relative to the first bushing in the right-hand configuration is different than the position of the insert relative to the first bushing in the left-hand configuration.
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An integrally formed sector gear, comprising:
- a sector gear;
- a first bushing integrally formed with the sector gear;
- an insert, the first bushing and the sector gear integrally formed around at least two surfaces of the insert;
- a ridge integrally formed with the gear member, the ridge substantially circumscribing the first bushing, the outer diameter of the ridge being larger than the outer diameter of the first bushing;
- a groove integrally formed with the gear member such that the ridge is substantially circumscribed by the groove;
- a spring in contact with the ridge formed as part of the gear member;
- a second bushing, the spring in contact with a portion of the second bushing;
- a bearing boss, the second bushing mounted to the bearing boss;
- a first arm formed as part of the insert;
- a second arm formed as part of the insert;
- a first section formed as part of the gear member;
- a second section formed as part of the gear member;
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- a shaft, the insert mounted on the shaft such that shaft rotates as the sector gear, the first bushing, and the insert are rotated;
- wherein the spring partially surrounds the first bushing and partially surrounds the second bushing, the first bushing and sector gear are integrally formed with the insert such that the position of the insert relative to the first bushing in a right-hand configuration is different than the position of the insert relative to the first bushing in a left-hand configuration, and the first arm extends through the second section and the second arm extends through the first section in the right-hand configuration, or the first bushing and sector gear are integrally formed with the insert such that the first arm extends through the first section, and the second arm extends through the second section in the left-hand configuration.
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