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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
James Richard Rauch, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A throttle body (,) has a first body part (,) containing an upstream portion of a through-bore (,) and a second body part (,) containing a downstream portion of the through-bore. The two body parts are joined together to register the downstream portion of the through-bore as a continuation of the upstream portion at respective confronting faces of the two body parts. A throttle mechanism (,) is captured between the two body parts. The mechanism includes a torsion spring (,) external to the through-bore having tails (,A,,B) respectively associated with formations in the exterior of the throttle body and in a cam on the shaft for spring-biasing a throttle blade (,) of the mechanism that is disposed within the through-bore to closed position.