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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Alex McDonnell, Dexter, MI (US);
Bryan Evans, Carleton, MI (US);
Gene Price, New Hudson, MI (US);
Mark Warner Semeyn, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An electronic throttle control system having a housing with a motor, throttle valve, gear mechanism, and fail-safe mechanism. A spring member attached to a gear member and default lever, and which is biased when the throttle valve is in its fully open and closed positions, operates to open the throttle valve in the event of an electric failure, thus allowing the vehicle to limp home. The spring member, default lever and associated gear member are interfit together as a group and inserted in the housing as a subassembly, thus improving assembly time and expense.