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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 9/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 9/10 ;
Abstract
In an intake air rate controlling device including a throttle body, forming an air-intake passage, and a plate-like throttle valve, rotatably supported by the throttle body through a throttle shaft, wherein an intake air rate supplied to an internal combustion engine is controlled by a rotation of the throttle valve, and air-flow controlling means is located on an upper stream side or a lower stream side of the throttle valve for suppressing a variation of a torque, effecting on the throttle valve by a hydrodynamic force generated by an intake air, whereby excellent durability, excellent reliability, and high performances are obtainable.