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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Dong Ho Chu, Ansan-si, KR;
Yang Geol Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An air intake structure for a vehicle engine includes: a variable flap rotatably provided in an intake air passage so as to control a cross-sectional area of intake air flow; a port plate provided to a downstream of the variable flap, and generating displacement in cooperation with the variable flap; a driving unit supplying a driving force for generating displacement of both the variable flap and the port plate; and a controller determining a rotation angle of the variable flap in accordance with an operating range of an engine, and controlling the rotation angle of the variable flap by driving the driving unit.