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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2011
Marc Gagnon, Austin, CA;
Marc Gagnon, Austin, CA;
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Valcourt, CA;
Abstract
An off-road vehicle has a frame, a cockpit area, a roll cage, driver and passenger seats disposed side-by-side, an engine, four wheels, and a steering device. A throttle pedal is disposed forwardly of the driver seat below the steering device. A throttle pedal position sensor senses a position of the pedal and is connected to a control unit for sending a throttle pedal position signal to the control unit. A throttle body, having a valve, is fluidly connected to an air intake conduit that is fluidly connected to the engine. An electric motor is operatively connected to the valve for positioning the valve. The control unit controls an operation of the electric motor based at least in part on the throttle pedal position signal. The electric motor is disposed rearwardly of the throttle pedal position sensor and forwardly of the engine.