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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Takayuki Tanaka, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Fusatoshi Tanaka, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Kenya Ishii, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Hiroshi Sumimoto, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
To improve the efficiency of assembling multiple on-off valves into a manifold body and reduce resistance to rotation of a shaft after assembly, frame members ( ) are fitted in downstream end portions of individual intake passage sections ( ) of a manifold body ( ), on-off valves ( ) are placed inside the individual frame members ( ) and a shaft ( ) is passed through the on-off valves ( ) in such a way that the frame members ( ) constitute parts of inside walls of intake passages where the on-off valves ( ) are located, the frame members ( ) rotatably supporting the on-off valves ( ) and the shaft ( ). A cutout ( ) is formed in a surrounding wall of each frame member ( ), thereby making each frame member ( ) expandable and compressible by elastic deformation. Protruding walls ( ) swelling outward on both sides of the cutout ( ) are formed on each frame member ( ), and a recessed part ( ) for accommodating the protruding walls ( ) is formed in a wall surface of each intake passage section ( ) of the manifold body ( ). Further, there is formed a guide rail ( ) which fits in the cutout ( ) in the recessed part ( ).