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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
May. 24, 2006
Tomoki Fukushima, Wako, JP;
Yasuhide Ono, Wako, JP;
Tomoki Fukushima, Wako, JP;
Yasuhide Ono, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an electrically-actuated throttle device for a general-purpose engine, supply of current to the throttle motor and choke motor for moving the throttle valve and choke valve is started when cranking is detected after activation (power-up) of the electronic control unit (ECU). In other words, supply of current is not started simultaneously with activation of the ECU but is delayed until cranking is detected. Owing to this configuration, no power of the battery is consumed unnecessarily between power-up and starting of the engine. Decrease in the power supplied to the starter motor is therefore prevented, thereby improving the starting performance of the engine. In addition, even if starting of the engine is not commenced after power-up, the battery is not likely to be excessively discharged.