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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Mikuni Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuhei Sanekata, Odawara, JP;
Keigo Suzuki, Odawara, JP;
MIKUNI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a valve device including: a plate-shaped drive gear provided at an end of a valve shaft made of metal; and, at the drive gear, a detection target of an inductive sensor detecting a rotation angle of the valve shaft, the drive gear has a lever member made of metal and integrated through insert molding in which a part thereof is exposed in the inner surface, the detection target is integrated along with the lever member through the insert molding on a side of the outer surface of the drive gear, and an exposure portion of the lever member at the drive gear including the lever member and the detection target and the end of the valve shaft are caused to abut each other, and a rear side of the abutting part is laser-welded from the side of an outer hole and is fixed thereby to configure a shaft unit.