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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Akio Nakamura, Okazaki, JP;
Akira Nakano, Okazaki, JP;
Shusuke Inagi, Toyota, JP;
Akira Yamashita, Toyota, JP;
Masaaki Kondo, Owariasahi, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A throttle valve includes a throttle valve element; a support member that supports the throttle valve element, the support member including a valve element support portion, and a shaft portion that is connected to the valve element support portion, the shaft portion having a gas passage and an inlet port; a mounting member that mounts the support member in a throttle valve flow passage; a filter that is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion to cover the inlet port, in a space whose axial length is defined by the shaft portion and the mounting member; and gaskets that are respectively disposed between one axial end of the filter and the mounting member and between the other axial end of the filter and the shaft portion.