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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Stefan Köhler, Frankfurt, DE;
Stefan Burkhard, Kelkheim, DE;
John Norman Stockbridge, Waterford, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An excentric pin for an electronic throttle control assembly, which is used to adjust the default position of at least one spring used to control the position of a valve plate, where the valve plate is located in an opening of a housing in the electronic control assembly. The excentric pin is used to adjust the default angle of the valve plate to have an angular tolerance of +/−0.10°. The excentric pin is slideably pressed into an aperture of the housing of the electronic throttle control assembly, and turned using some type of driver. The electronic throttle control assembly may be a one-spring design, or a two-spring design, where the two-spring design requires only one spring pin and the excentric pin. Also, the excenter pin may be used to adjust the position of the sector gear, e.g., function as the lower mechanical stop to provide a minimum opening angle for low leakage, and a minimum opening angle to avoid throttle plate corking into opening of the housing.