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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Kazuhisa Kurita, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Chiaki Sugano, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Teruhiko Moriguchi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yoshiki Saiki, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Kazuhisa Kurita, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Chiaki Sugano, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Teruhiko Moriguchi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yoshiki Saiki, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the intake air quantity control device for an internal combustion engine, in which an open area formed at a portion of the throttle body is encapsulated by a cover including a rotational angle detector, a throttle gear is fixed to a throttle shaft for rotatably supporting a throttle valve and has a fitting portion at a portion of the throttle gear. The rotational angle detector includes a rotor that is rotatably supported and arranged in the cover in such a way that an axis of the rotor is identical to an axis of the throttle gear, and a lever that is provided at a portion of the rotor, which is faced to the throttle shaft, and engaged to a wall portion of the throttle gear at a portion of the lever.