Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Akira Muramatsu

Toshio Tanahashi

Shigeru Kamio

Yukio Mori

Mitsunori Takao

Tomoaki Abe

Yukio Sawada

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Kazuji Minagawa

Ryo Nagasaka

Masashi Kiyono

Katsuya Maeda

Takeo Matsuura

Mikiyasu Kouketsu

Toshio Matsuzawa

An apparatus for controlling intake air flow rate in an internal combustion engine comprises a throttle valve disposed in intake air passage for swing movement to change a flow rate of air to be supplied to combustion chambers of the engine, a stopper portion to which the throttle valve is abutted so as to stop swinging thereof in a full closed portion thereof, a spring for continually urging the throttle valve towards the full closed position, a control unit for determining a desired opening degree of the throttle valve in accordance with requirements on the engine, an actuator for generating a driving force for swinging the throttle valve to the desired opening degree in accordance with a command signal from the control unit, and geared mechanism for transmitting the driving force from the actuator to the throttle valve. The geared mechanism includes a pair of gears, each having a gear tooth portion. The gears are able to engage with each other exclusively at such gear tooth portions. The gear tooth portion so extends that both of the gear tooth portions mesh with each other between full closed position and full open position of the throttle valve, and they are pushed out of mesh with each other over full open position of the throttle valve.

Apparatus for controlling intake air flow rate in internal combustion

An apparatus for measuring a flow rate of gas comprises a gas passage through which the gas to be measured flows in an axial direction thereof, a movable member linearly movable being disposed in the gas passage in a gas flow direction, a flow pipe providing therein the gas passage, a cross-sectional area of the flow pipe being increased along the gas flow direction in at least over a moving range of the movable member, a rod secured to the movable member to extend from the movable member along the gas flow direction, a bearing for bearing the rod for movement in response to moving of the movable member, the bearing being disposed in the gas passage and secured to the flow pipe, a helical spring for urging the movable member towards a direction opposite to the gas flow direction, a potentiometer for converting an amount of displacement of the rod into an electric signal, an amount of the displacement of the rod corresponding to that of movement of the movable member, a first cylinder closed at one end thereof by the movable member and opened at the other end thereof, the first cylinder extending along the gas flow direction, and a second cylinder disposed in the gas passage and secured to the flow pipe, the second cylinder being closed at one end thereof and opened at the other end thereof, the second cylinder being engaged at the other end thereof with the other end of the first cylinder through a minute clearance therebetween.

Gas flow measuring apparatus

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Kariya, Japan

Akira Muramatsu