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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takuya Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Motonobu Hasegawa, Kariya, JP;
Masato Ishii, Kariya, JP;
Tomoyuki Hirabayashi, Ichinomiya, JP;
Kazuya Kondo, Anjo, JP;
Yuta Tanaka, Chiryu, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An air intake apparatus includes an air intake apparatus body including a surge tank, a valve body rotatably attached to the surge tank and configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position to open and close a fluid passage formed at a partition wall dividing an inside of the surge tank into two parts, the valve body being out of contact with the partition wall at the open position and being in contact with the partition wall at the closed position, the air intake apparatus body being formed by a first member to which the valve body is attached and a second member joined to each other, and the first member including a jig-receiving portion arranged in a vicinity of the fluid passage and configured to receive a jig holding the first member when the first member and the second member are being joined to each other.