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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2002
Kunio Tanaka, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Hamaoka, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In an intake air control device, a valve gear for driving a shaft of a throttle valve is made of non-magnetic metal that does not interfere with a magnetic circuit constituted by split type permanent magnet and yoke. Accordingly, as the magnetic flux from the magnetic circuit is effectively used without leakage to the valve gear, an opening degree of the throttle valve is accurately detected by a non-contact type Hall element. Further, it is not necessary to reinforce with other metal a ring shaped fixing portion of the valve gear that is rigidly fixed to an end of the shaft by staking or welding and an outer protrusion of the valve gear that comes in hitting contact with a stopper of a throttle body when the throttle valve is fully closed, resulting in less number of component parts and lower cost.