Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.

Norihiro Isozaki

Yasuhiro Kamimura

Kenji Ono

Yuzo Kadomukai

Takehiko Kowatari

Eisuke Wayama

Yuki Ejiri

Masahiko Soshino

Hitoshi Andoh

Yutaka Takeuchi

Hiroyuki Yamada

Yasushi Sasaki

Tatsuya Yoshida

Teruhiko Minegishi

Mitsuru Kon'i

Yoshikatu Hashimoto

The invention is intended to simplify a default mechanism of a throttle valve opening and closing device for the purpose of improving mountability of the device to a vehicle. When a motor generate no driving forces, a throttle valve is held in a position () by a return spring. In this position, gaps are formed between the throttle valve and a wall surface of an intake passage. Spherical recesses are formed in parts of the wall surface of the intake passage. In a position () where the throttle valve is opposed to the spherical recesses, the gaps are minimized in an operating range of the throttle valve.

Throttle valve opening and closing device

A control device for an internal combustion engine is configured to switch over at least one of fuel injection amount and ignition timing to an emergency traveling mode in the event that an electric actuator for driving a throttle valve malfunctions, at which time the throttle valve is set at a default position. At the time of the emergency traveling mode, throttle valve opening degree is set at a value larger than the opening degree when an accelerator pedal is not depressed during normal operation. Fuel amount is set to obtain necessary engine rpm for the emergency traveling mode and when the acceleration pedal is not depressed or the vehicle speed is zero, ignition timing is retarded with respect to ignition timing during normal idling operation.

Throttle valve control device for an internal combustion engine

A motor-driven throttle valve control device has a main body in which an air intake path is formed. The throttle valve is secured on a rotatable shaft supported by the main body. An electric motor drives the throttle valve through a gear mechanism. A throttle valve sensor is provided to detect the valve opening angle. Default and return springs are provided to bias the throttle valve. The main body includes a cover at one end of the throttle shaft. The gear mechanism, angle sensor and default and return springs are located between the cover and the main body of the throttle valve device.

Throttle valve device for an internal combustion engine

A motor-driven throttle valve control device has a throttle shaft and a coupling lever rotatably provided on the shaft, both being coupled by a spring. A default spring energizes the coupling lever toward a position of the default opening of the throttle valve. The throttle shaft rotates separately from the coupling lever in the direction of the full open throttle valve from a point at which the coupling lever comes into contact with a stopper defining the default position and, together with the coupling lever, in the full close direction of the throttle valve from the point. Thereby, the throttle valve can be kept at the default position by the default spring through the coupling lever when a motor driving the throttle valve is not powered.

A throttle valve control arrangement for an internal combustion engine comprising: a throttle valve; an electrical motor for actuating the throttle valve; mechanical links for coupling and decoupling the electrical motor with the throttle valve; a throttle position sensor for detecting a position of the throttle valve; and a control unit which compares an output signal from the throttle position sensor representing a detected throttle position with a signal representing a target throttle valve opening degree and generates a feed-back control signal for the electrical motor based on the comparison result, wherein the throttle position sensor shows a first output voltage characteristic with respect to throttle valve opening degrees for a first region covering ISC and FIC and a voltage gradient of the first output voltage characteristic is selected larger than that of an unmodified output voltage characteristic of the throttle position sensor, thereby a high resolution of the throttle position sensor is obtained for the first region.

Control arrangement of throttle valve operation degree for an internal

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Norihiro Isozaki