Mechanical Connection Between Input And Speed Regulator Patents (Class 123/400)
  • Patent number: 11220156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, in which a means for fixing a cable connecting device is disposed integrally with an air-conditioning case, thereby having an optimized installation location, keeping rigidity, achieving weight lightening, and enhancing assemblability. The air conditioner is to condition air in the interior of the vehicle by heating or cooling indoor air, and includes: a cable connecting device for connecting an actuating means of a controller of the vehicle to actuate a door inside an air-conditioning case with an actuating means of the air-conditioning case by a cable; and a cable fixing part for fixing the cable connecting device to the air-conditioning case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Young Ju Kim, Seok Kim, Sung Jin Kim, Young In Kim, Boo Yong Um, Chan Young Lee, Byeong Ha Lee, Seung Hak Hue, Jae O Jung
  • Patent number: 10473068
    Abstract: A kit maintains a seal of a joint of a fuel intake port member of a cylinder head and a fuel distribution port member of an intake manifold of a Harley Davidson® motorcycle with panhead, ironhead or shovelhead engine. The kit includes an elastomeric band and a pair of circular clamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Inventor: Eric Gerard Allard
  • Patent number: 10330025
    Abstract: A surface of a bearing member on a flow passage forming chamber-side is disposed to be exposed to the chamber. The bearing member includes a contact part, with which a side surface of a butterfly valve that is opposed to the bearing member is in contact, on at least a part of the surface of the bearing member on the chamber-side. The bearing member is a radial ball bearing and includes an outer bearing ring that is fitted to an inner periphery of a shaft hole, so that its axial displacement relative to a body is restricted, an inner bearing ring that is fitted on an outer periphery of a rotation shaft radially inward of the outer bearing ring, and a rolling element disposed between the outer bearing ring and the inner bearing ring. The contact part is provided on a surface of the inner bearing ring on the chamber-side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Noumura, Yasushi Kawano, Tohru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9845784
    Abstract: A motorcycle including a protection cover for a throttle body that is less likely to contribute to an increase in the vehicle weight to thus improve the attachability thereof. A motorcycle includes a throttle body provided with a throttle valve for controlling a flow rate of intake air into an internal combustion engine and an air cleaner for supplying air to the throttle body. The throttle body is arranged at a rear of the air cleaner with an intake port of the internal combustion engine being arranged at a rear of the throttle body. The air cleaner includes a throttle body protecting section for covering at least a lower surface of the throttle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Oto
  • Patent number: 9417651
    Abstract: A work apparatus has a drive motor for driving a work tool and has a control unit for the drive motor. The operating device includes an actuating element actuated by a user. The actuating element is mounted in a movable manner in a housing and can be adjusted in an actuating direction between a zero position and a maximum position. An intermediate stop acts between the zero position and the maximum position. The position of the intermediate stop is settable via a setting element. After the intermediate stop has been reached, the actuating element can be actuated further as far as the maximum position. The operating force (F) for further actuating the actuating element increases when the intermediate stop is reached. Provision is made for the operating force (F) to drop again upon further actuation of the actuating element after the intermediate stop has been overcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arne Goetzel, Juergen Haeberlein
  • Patent number: 9261028
    Abstract: A governor system assembly and related method for assembling the same. The assembly may include a governor gear, a weight, and a locking pin pivotably coupling the weight to the governor gear along a pivot axis. The locking pin includes a locking segment rotatable into engagement with the gear about the pivot axis for securing the pin to the gear. In one assembly, the locking pin is rotatable between an unlocked position in which the locking pin is axially removable from the gear and a locked position in which a locking pin is not axially removable when the locking segment engages the gear. The locking pin may be L-shaped in some assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Seymour, II, Jeffrey L. Bracht, Jennifer J. Van Dalen, William H. Sharp, Sami M. Chukrallah, Andrew J Sugden, James L. Webster
  • Patent number: 9235183
    Abstract: A driving force transmission device includes a first driving member, a second driving member, a moving member, and a connection drive section. The connection drive section separates, in conjunction with movement of the moving member in a first direction, the first driving member and the second driving member respectively from a first rotating member and a second rotating member in such a manner as to cause a time difference between a separating operation for separating the first driving member from the first rotating member and a separating operation for separating the second driving member from the second rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Daijiro Ueno
  • Publication number: 20150136081
    Abstract: An altitude fuel limiter and method for controlling an engine using the same is provided. The altitude fuel limiter includes a torque screw sleeve extending from an inboard end to an outboard end. The torque screw sleeve has an interior surface defining a central bore extending axially within the torque screw sleeve. A plunger is disposed within the central bore and moves axially between a first position and a second position. A plunger regulator senses ambient pressure and is coupled with the plunger to axially displace the plunger toward the inboard end of the torque screw sleeve to the first position in response to sensing an ambient pressure that is below a predetermined pressure. The predetermined pressure may be associated with non-compliant altitudes and the plunger limits fuel delivered to the engine when displaced to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: David L. KULP
  • Patent number: 8967117
    Abstract: A throttle control assembly includes a cable lever, a switch assembly, a throttle control device, and a switch engagement surface. The cable lever is adapted for coupling to a throttle cable and is configured, upon receipt of a drive torque, to rotate. The switch assembly is coupled to the cable lever and includes a switch that is movable between a first position and a second position. The throttle control device has the switch engagement surface formed on a portion of its inner surface. The switch engagement surface is configured, upon rotation of the throttle control device, to selectively move the switch between the first position and the second position and selectively rotate the switch assembly to thereby supply the drive torque to the cable lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Niranjan Manjunath, Shakil Moonamkandy
  • Patent number: 8915231
    Abstract: An engine includes a carburetor, a governor assembly, and a vacuum actuator. The carburetor includes a throttle plate configured to control a fluid flow, a throttle lever coupled to the throttle plate, and an intake port in fluid communication with an engine vacuum pressure. The governor assembly includes a governor, a governor linkage coupled to the governor and the throttle lever, and a governor spring coupled to the throttle lever to bias the throttle plate towards the fully open position. The vacuum actuator includes an actuator housing, a pressure-sensitive member positioned in the actuator housing, an actuator linkage directly coupled to the governor spring and also coupled to the pressure-sensitive member for movement in response to the engine vacuum pressure, and an actuator spring coupled between a fixed attachment point and the actuator linkage to bias the actuator linkage to increase the tension on the governor spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventor: Jason J. Raasch
  • Publication number: 20140352660
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool has an internal combustion engine provided with a throttle trigger adjustable between an idle position and a full throttle position. The engine has an operating mode selector adjustable between an operating position and a start position. In an intake passage of the engine, a throttle element is arranged that is in a throttling position when the operating mode selector is in the start position. The throttle element is secured in the throttling position by a locking action. The locking action is released when the throttle trigger is moved from the idle position toward the full throttle position. A restoring element is coupled permanently to the position of the throttle trigger. The restoring element, when the throttle trigger is moved for releasing the locking action, acts on the operating mode selector and restores the operating mode selector from the start position into the operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Kurzenberger, Werner Gräter
  • Patent number: 8857407
    Abstract: There is the operation device for an engine. An operation device for an engine performs a throttle operation of the engine which is disposed apart from an operation unit operated by an operator. The operation device includes: a link member rotatable with respect to a base in response to an operation of the operation unit; a cam member fixed to the base, and disposed at a distance from the center of rotation of the link member, the distance changing continuously according to the angular position of the cam member around the center of rotation; a cam follower connected to the link member and configured to along the cam member; and a throttle drive member for connecting the cam follower to a throttle operation unit of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Furuya
  • Patent number: 8855890
    Abstract: Engine synchronization apparatus and system for multi-engine vehicles such as boats and aircraft providing limited authority throttle cable trim effected by an apparatus interposed between the throttle plate and throttle cable of a slave engine and mounted in a floating configuration. An actuator is mounted to the apparatus to trim the distance between the throttle plate and throttle cable attachment thereby trimming the throttle cable. A system is provided in which a difference signal derived from master and slave engine tachometer signals is used to control the actuator and synchronize the engines within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Evoke Technology LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Egle, Aaron S. Dickey
  • Patent number: 8726882
    Abstract: An engine includes a throttle assembly, a governor, and an actuator. The throttle assembly is designed to at least partially control a fuel flow rate of the engine. The governor is designed to sense a speed of the engine and at least partially control the throttle assembly as a function of the engine speed. The actuator is designed to sense a manifold vacuum pressure of the engine and at least partially control the throttle assembly as a function of the vacuum pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventor: Jason J. Raasch
  • Patent number: 8590509
    Abstract: A speed governor is used with an engine having a crankshaft and a balancer shaft arranged substantially in parallel to the crankshaft, in which a drive gear provided in the crankshaft and a driven gear provided in the balancer shaft are meshed with each other so as to transmit mechanical power. The speed governor includes a plurality of flyweights pivotally supported on the driven gear of the balancer shaft by the plurality of support pins. The driven gear has a recess portion on an end surface thereof, and the support pins supporting the flyweights are arranged in the recess portion. Each of the support pins has two ends in a longitudinal direction and through holes are respectively located at the ends of the support pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Yano, Michio Hirano
  • Publication number: 20130291832
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for a selective use of a pedal for controlling the number of revolution for an engine of a work vehicle. The system for a selective use of a pedal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a foot accelerator pedal sensor for detecting the maneuvering location of a foot accelerator pedal; a hand accelerator lever sensor for detecting the maneuvering location of a hand accelerator lever; a pedal select switch that is switched selectively by a user for a selective or a simultaneous use of the foot accelerator pedal or the hand accelerator lever; an engine control unit (ECU) that is electrically connected to the pedal select switch, and executes engine control at the number of revolution for the engine set by the foot accelerator pedal or the hand accelerator lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: DAEDONG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Rae Park, O Hyun Kwon
  • Patent number: 8539923
    Abstract: A speed reducing gear train includes a starter driven gear, a starting one-way clutch interposed between the starter driven gear and a crankshaft for permitting power transmission from the starter driven gear to the side of the crankshaft. The speed reducing gear train and the starting one-way clutch being provided between a starter motor and the crankshaft with a transmission accommodated in a crankcase. The transmission includes gear trains for selectively establishing a plurality of gear speeds with the gear trains being between a main shaft and a counter shaft. The starter motor can produce power for driving the vehicle and to impart a drive assisting force. A power transmitting gear meshing with the starter driven gear is relatively rotatably mounted on the main shaft through a running one-way clutch permitting power transmission from the power transmitting gear to the side of the main shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Matsuo
  • Patent number: 8499741
    Abstract: A throttle control device includes a throttle body having at least three air-intake passages aligned in line as being opened and closed respectively by a throttle valve, plural motors including a first motor which commonly operates the throttle valves placed at bilateral end sides among the throttle valves aligned in line and a second motor which operates a throttle valve placed at the inner side between the throttle valves at the bilateral end sides, and a transmitting portion which transmits operational force of the first motor to a first throttle shaft fixed to one throttle valve of the throttle valves at the bilateral end sides and to a second throttle shaft fixed to the other throttle valve thereof so as to rotate the first throttle shaft and the second throttle shaft in synchronization with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Mikuni Corporation
    Inventors: Michihiko Ishikawa, Riki Murasaka, Hiroyuki Shinohara
  • Patent number: 8464691
    Abstract: An accelerator device capable of achieving miniaturization and easily varying torque characteristics with a simple structure. The accelerator device includes a housing, a grip-side rotary body which is rotated with accelerator operation, a friction member including a contact portion to apply resistance due to friction as being contacted to the grip-side rotary body, an urging member which is connected to the housing via the friction member and connected to the grip-side rotary body and which urges the grip-side rotary body to rotate to an initial position side, and a restriction portion which is arranged at the housing and which restricts rotation of the friction member with the urging force of the urging member as being contacted to the friction member. Here, the friction member is urged by the urging member in a direction that the contact portion is pressed to an outer circumferential face of the rotary body having the restriction portion as a fulcrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Mikuni Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Hiei, Keigo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8464681
    Abstract: A vehicle power unit including a speed reducing gear train including a starter driven gear, a starting one-way clutch interposed between the starter driven gear and a crankshaft. The speed reducing gear train and the starting one-way clutch are provided between a starter motor and the crankshaft. A transmission includes gear trains for a plurality of gear speeds wherein the gear trains are provided between a main shaft and a counter shaft. A hybrid type configuration is possible wherein the starter motor produces power for driving the vehicle and to impart a drive assisting force. The starter motor can be changed over between a normal rotational operation and a reverse rotational operation. A power transmission idle gear is interposed between the starter driven gear and a power transmitting gear through a running one-way clutch for permitting power transmission to the side of the main shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Matsuo, Masaki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8272364
    Abstract: An implement comprises an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve. At least one handle, the inside of which is provided with a gas lever likewise in a pivotal manner, is attached to a housing surrounding the internal combustion engine. The minimum distance between the gas lever and the handle is defined by a stop. When the operator lifts the implement by the handle, the position of the gas lever also changes. Even when the gas lever is fully depressed, only a part-load position is achieved at the throttle valve. In this way, effective rotational speed limitation is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Waeker Neuson Produktion GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hausler, Helmut Braun
  • Patent number: 8166950
    Abstract: A variable ratio throttle control is disclosed for an off road utility vehicle. The variable ratio throttle control includes a butterfly throttle on a throttle shaft pivotably mounted to a throttle body, a bell crank on the throttle shaft, and a lever extension extending radially from the bell crank to provide an extended lever arm until the butterfly throttle is partially open. A throttle cable is connected between an accelerator pedal and the lever extension, the throttle cable being displaceable by depressing the accelerator pedal to turn the extended lever arm. The lever extension abuts a kick plate once the butterfly throttle is partially open. The butterfly throttle may be fully opened by displacing the throttle cable to turn the bell crank after the lever extension abuts the kick plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Alex Reuteman Scheuerell
  • Publication number: 20120055447
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a speed governor of an engine having a crankshaft and a balancer shaft arranged substantially in parallel to the crankshaft, in which a drive gear provided in the crankshaft and a driven gear provided in the balancer shaft are meshed with each other so as to transmit mechanical power, the speed governor including a plurality of flyweights pivotally supported on the driven gear of the balancer shaft via a plurality of support pins, and an interlock mechanism for connecting the plurality of flyweights to a fuel feed portion for feeding fuel to a combustion chamber of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Takahiro YANO, Michio Hirano
  • Patent number: 8127743
    Abstract: A work implement in the nature of a drive for a tool includes a starting and/or switching-off braking device for the tool. A brake button is provided which can be externally actuated by a user, with which a starting and/or switching-off brake can be released. A device is also provided which can change the rotational speed of the drive, the device having a throttle button capable of being actuated by the user from outside. The brake button and the throttle button are arranged on a handle so that they can be contacted simultaneously by the hand of a user, where the throttle button can be actuated when the starting and/or switching-off brake is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: DOLMAR GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Vick, Mark Jesse
  • Patent number: 8036809
    Abstract: Engine synchronization apparatus and system for multi-engine vehicles such as boats and aircraft providing limited authority throttle cable trim effected by an apparatus interposed between the throttle plate and throttle cable of a slave engine and mounted in a floating configuration. An actuator is mounted to the apparatus to trim the distance between the throttle plate and throttle cable attachment thereby trimming the throttle cable. A system is provided in which a difference signal derived from master and slave engine tachometer signals is used to control the actuator and synchronize the engines within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Evoke Technology LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Egle, Aaron S. Dickey
  • Patent number: 7886716
    Abstract: A carburetor control system includes: a governor device that is coupled to a throttle lever, opens a throttle valve when an operation of an engine is stopped, and opens or closes the throttle valve in accordance with a rotational number of the engine when the engine is in operation; a choke return spring urging a choke lever in a direction to close a choke valve; and an automatic choke device opening the choke valve in accordance with an increase in temperature of the engine. In the carburetor control system, the throttle lever is provided with a drive arm pivoting the choke lever, during a cold operation of the engine, to a position where the choke valve is at an intermediate degree of opening in operative connection with the throttle lever being pivoted by the governor device to a position where the throttle valve is at a degree of opening for idling or a position in a vicinity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Arai, Takanori Sato
  • Patent number: 7854216
    Abstract: In a general-purpose internal combustion engine having a throttle valve and a choke valve each installed in an air intake passage connected to a combustion chamber, air sucked in flowing through the air intake passage and mixing with fuel supplied by a carburetor to generate an air-fuel mixture that enters the combustion chamber of a cylinder and is ignited to drive a piston to rotate a crankshaft to be connected to a load such as a generator, there are provided an electric motor (actuator), a throttle valve opening/closing mechanism connected to the motor to open/close the throttle valve and a choke valve opening/closing mechanism connected to the throttle valve opening/closing mechanism to open/close the choke valve in response to operation of the throttle valve opening/closing mechanism, thereby enabling to move a choke valve without need to install an additional actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Kasai, Eiichi Utsugi, Sohei Honda, Hiroaki Kojima
  • Patent number: 7798122
    Abstract: A drive-by-wire throttle control apparatus and method includes a variable resistance sensor. A contact arm can be mechanically connected between a thumb lever and a variable resistance sensor. The variable resistance sensor possesses a resistive film that includes a fixed resistor and a variable resistor configured from a carbon film. As the thumb lever rotates, the contact arm traverses the resistive film, thereby altering the resistance of the variable resistor, determining the position of the thumb lever and thereafter generating a signal based on the sensed position. The signal can be sent to an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) in the form of a varying voltage, which in turn controls the throttle of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Chandran, Al Cable, Bindu Philip, Rick Holzmacher, Gangl Rajula Reddy, Shakil Moonamkandy, Ravindra Gudi
  • Patent number: 7735467
    Abstract: An engine wherein a progressive throttle body includes two side by side throttle bores with throttle blades of equal size. A primary throttle opens from closed to an idle position with slowly increasing flow providing excellent idle and low engine speed air control. A secondary throttle opens slightly after the idle airflow position of the primary throttle and then opens more quickly, equaling the primary throttle opening near half throttle. Thereafter, the throttles open together, raising the airflow to maximum when both throttles are fully open. Both throttles are driven by a single electronically controlled motor or other actuator through two gearboxes that provide the varying flow curves. Throttle position sensors on both throttle shafts feed back throttle positions to an electronic controller to provide needed data for electronic throttle control in response to throttle commands. Additional features are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin C. Wong
  • Patent number: 7735470
    Abstract: A throttle control cartridge has a circuit board carrying a Hall-effect sensor, the position of which is fixed in a housing carrying a cam. A shaft carrying a magnet is rotatably and translatably disposed with respect to the housing and carries a cam follower that engages the cam and translates the shaft with respect to the housing when the shaft is rotated with respect to the housing in at least one of two opposed angular directions. The cam and the cam follower have at least first and second pairs of cam surfaces in which a first cam surface is disposed at a different cam or helix angle then the second cam surface. A redundant stop is cooperatively formed between the cam follower and splines on the shaft to limit axial translation of the cam follower in one direction of rotation of the shaft relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Roland Palfenier, Manuel A Quintana
  • Patent number: 7721705
    Abstract: A throttle management apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which allows the response of the engine to an operator's request to be improved while allowing the output characteristic of the engine to be controlled arbitrarily. The throttle management apparatus controls plural throttle valves provided for plural cylinders respectively. The throttle management apparatus includes an electric throttle management apparatus which electrically drives the throttle valves for some of the cylinders based on an electric signal generated according to selected operating conditions of the vehicle, and a mechanical throttle management apparatus which, through throttle activation member operation, mechanically drives the throttle valves for the rest of the cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junya Sato, Takashi Udono
  • Patent number: 7717221
    Abstract: A throttle linkage for a vehicle engine is provided comprising a vehicle engine and a throttle actuation arm secured for pivotal movement about an axis substantially fixed relative to the engine, the throttle actuation arm having an axis extending from the pivotal axis. A throttle control arm extending from the engine and capable of actuation to adjust engine power is also provided, the throttle arm having an axis extending from a point of connection to the throttle and substantially intersecting the throttle actuation arm axis, along with a coupling for engaging the throttle control arm and throttle actuation arm at approximately the point of intersection of their respective axes, the coupling allowing sliding of the arms along their respective axes, relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Traxxas LP
    Inventors: Clark David Anderson, Brent Whitfield Byers, Jon Kenneth Lampert
  • Publication number: 20100095930
    Abstract: An engine wherein a progressive throttle body includes two side by side throttle bores with throttle blades of equal size. A primary throttle opens from closed to an idle position with slowly increasing flow providing excellent idle and low engine speed air control. A secondary throttle opens slightly after the idle airflow position of the primary throttle and then opens more quickly, equaling the primary throttle opening near half throttle. Thereafter, the throttles open together, raising the airflow to maximum when both throttles are fully open. Both throttles are driven by a single electronically controlled motor or other actuator through two gearboxes that provide the varying flow curves. Throttle position sensors on both throttle shafts feed back throttle positions to an electronic controller to provide needed data for electronic throttle control in response to throttle commands. Additional features are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: KEVIN C. WONG
  • Patent number: 7690351
    Abstract: To reduce cost and size of a throttle valve control device, one end 3a of a throttle valve shaft 3 fixedly has a throttle valve lever 5 energized in valve opening direction by a throttle valve lever open spring 8, and rotatably has a drive gear 6 connected to a motor gear 9, a limp opening control lever 15 is fixed at another end 13b of a drum shaft 13 axially supported by a first cover 12, an accelerator drum 14 energized in valve closing direction by a drum close spring 16 is fixed at one end 12a, a first opening directional end face 5a of the throttle valve lever 5 is provided facing a limp opening control end face 15b, and a second opening directional end face 5b of the throttle valve lever 5 is provided facing a drive pin 6a of the drive gear 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventor: Yasushi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7681551
    Abstract: A mounting structure on motorcycle for protecting a capacitor from vibration and heat. In an engine having an upright cylinder a throttle body is connected to an intake path of the cylinder via an insulator, and the throttle body is connected to an air cleaner via a connecting tube. The throttle body is thereby elastically supported relative to the engine and a vehicle body frame via the insulator and the connecting tube. A capacitor is disposed at a position downward of the throttle body. The capacitor is supported integrally with the throttle body using a lower portion of a throttle body cover that covers both left and right sides of the throttle body. A vibration isolating support structure is thus achieved for the capacitor by using the throttle body that is elastically supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Konno
  • Patent number: 7603978
    Abstract: To stably maintain an opening degree characteristic of a driven lever, the driven lever (5) is attached to one end (3A) of a main throttle shaft (3) to which a main throttle valve (4) is attached, a cam lever (10) is attached to one end (8A) of a sub throttle shaft (8) to which a sub throttle valve (9) is attached, a cam surface (10A) of the cam lever (10) faces to a roller (5A) of the driven lever (5), a cup-shaped throttle cover (12) is arranged on one side wall (1A) of a throttle body (1), an opening portion (12C) of a throttle cover (12) is closed by a closing cover (20), and a lever storage chamber (22) formed by the throttle cover (12) and the closing cover (20) accommodates the cam lever (10) and the driven lever (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Ryouji Inagawa, Yoji Kojima
  • Patent number: 7588014
    Abstract: An electronically-controlled throttle body includes a throttle valve having a valve disc, fixed on a valve shaft rotatably supported in a body inside which an air-intake passage is formed, for varying an opening area of the air-intake passage; a reduction gear mechanism connected to the valve shaft of the throttle valve; and a motor connected to the reduction gear mechanism; rotational drive power from the motor is transmitted to the valve shaft via the reduction gear mechanism, and the opening area of the air-intake passage is varied by rotatably moving the valve disc. The reduction gear mechanism includes a planetary gear mechanism and a spur gear reduction gear mechanism, rotational drive power from the motor is decelerated by the planetary mechanism, and the decelerated rotational drive power is further decelerated by the spur gear reduction gear mechanism, and then transmitted to the valve shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Tsugami, Tatsuro Nagahori, Teruhiko Moriguchi, Shuzo Isozumi
  • Patent number: 7546829
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a protrusion which is displaced together with a throttle valve, a lever pulley which is displaced in response to the rotation of a throttle grip, a spring and a control device. The spring generates elastic force to return the protrusion to a first original position when the lever pulley is in a second original position. The spring maintains the lever pulley in the second original position by being elastically deformed until the protrusion reaches a predetermined position in which the protrusion is displaced from the first original position in such a direction that the throttle valve opens when the lever pulley is in the second original position. The control device opens the throttle valve by displacing the protrusion until the protrusion reaches the predetermined position in a gear shift change when the throttle grip is fully closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruhiko Samoto, Hirokazu Fujita, Harutomo Tozuka, Takeshi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7533654
    Abstract: A method for determining a coefficient gain to a signal command to actuate an air intake throttle plate to ensure that the throttle plate responds in a desired manner within a desired responsiveness with relative conformity over the life of the air intake manifold with out losses due to variability in spring/motor/friction responsiveness in the throttle plate actuator. The coefficient gain is multiplied to successive throttle plate command signals to ensure the throttle plate responds as desired. The coefficient gain is re-determined periodically when it is determined that the throttle plate responsiveness does not meet desired throttle plate responsiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Detroit Diesel Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Allen Zurawski
  • Patent number: 7500533
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for producing periodic lateral displacement of a cruise control cable associated with the engine of an automotive vehicle. The periodic displacement is produced by an activation arm which attaches to the cable and is caused to undergo reciprocal linear movement produced by a rotating disc that is driven at a controlled speed by a motor that operates off the electrical system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Inventor: Albert Sabol
  • Patent number: 7490587
    Abstract: A portable handheld work apparatus has a drive motor as well as an adjusting element for controlling the drive motor. The work apparatus has at least one actuating element. A movement of the actuating element is transmitted to the adjusting element via a transmitting unit. A good operator control is achieved when at least one transmitting characteristic (49, 50; 89, 90; 309, 310) of the transmitting unit runs nonlinearly as a function of the actuating displacement (s) of the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heiko Rosskamp, Georg Maier, Volker Reber, Alexander Erkert, Daniel Herbst, Marcus Saak, Dirk Schweinberger
  • Patent number: 7484431
    Abstract: A portable handheld apparatus such as a brushcutter, blower or the like has a drive motor and a throttle lever (2). The throttle lever (2) is pivotally journalled about a rotational axis (3). The throttle lever (2) acts on an actuating device for controlling the drive motor. In order to make possible a simple adjustment of the actuating device, it is provided that the throttle lever (2) has an operator-controlled lever (6) and an actuating lever (5). The operator-controlled lever (6) can be actuated by the operator. The actuating lever (5) acts on the actuating device. The relative position of the actuating lever (5) relative to the operator-controlled lever (6) is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Müller, Harald Schliemann
  • Patent number: 7475670
    Abstract: A valve operating mechanism includes a valve body provided at an air passage of an internal combustion engine, an actuator causing the valve body to rotate so as to adjust a cross-sectional area of the air passage, a shaft body supporting the valve body, a link member connected to the shaft body and integrally rotating with the valve body, an actuator rod rotatably connected to the link member and transmitting a driving force of the actuator to the link member, and a biasing member arranged between the link member and the actuator rod and biasing the link member and the actuator rod so as to contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadayoshi Sato, Toshiyuki Kawabe, Hiromitsu Ishihara
  • Patent number: 7461631
    Abstract: A transmissible connecting mechanism having a cam plate and a lever are attached respectively to a lead air control valve shaft and an air-fuel mixture throttle valve shaft which are arranged so as to form an angle. A length of a contact element provided in the lever is extended in parallel to an axis of the air-fuel mixture throttle valve shaft, and the length of the contact element is such that the contact element and a cam surface formed in a cam plate are always brought into contact with each other. The lead air control valve shaft and the air-fuel mixture throttle valve shaft of the carburetor are connected in a transmissible manner, and it is possible to make a stratified scavenging two-cycle engine compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Husqvarna Zenoah Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamasa Ohtsuji
  • Patent number: 7444982
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a shut-off valve for stopping the air-flow to an engine. A butterfly valve disposed in an air passage is moved between a first open position and second closed position in a controlled fashion to prevent the build up un-burnt fuel in the event of the activation of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventor: Darren Rivet
  • Patent number: 7398760
    Abstract: In order to protect a rotating portion of an intermediate link lever support pin, an intake air control apparatus provided with main and sub throttle valves is structured such that a wire bracket (6) supporting valve opening and closing wires (Wa, Wb) is screwed to an outer end surface (1a) at a throttle drum side of a throttle body (1), an intermediate link lever support pin (23) is provided toward the throttle body (1) side on an inner end surface (6d) facing to the throttle body (1) of the wire bracket (6), an intermediate link lever (20) rotatably borne to the intermediate link lever support pin (23) is arranged at the throttle body (1) side from the inner end surface (6d), and a rotating portion (R) of the intermediate link lever support pin (23) and the intermediate link lever (20) is arranged to face to the inner end surface (6d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventor: Yasushi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20080163850
    Abstract: A throttle control cartridge has a circuit board carrying a Hall-effect sensor, the position of which is fixed in a housing carrying a cam. A shaft carrying a magnet is rotatably and translatably disposed with respect to the housing and carries a cam follower that engages the cam and translates the shaft with respect to the housing when the shaft is rotated with respect to the housing in at least one of two opposed angular directions. The cam and the cam follower have at least first and second pairs of cam surfaces in which a first cam surface is disposed at a different cam or helix angle then the second cam surface. A redundant stop is cooperatively formed between the cam follower and splines on the shaft to limit axial translation of the cam follower in one direction of rotation of the shaft relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Samuel Roland Palfenier, Manuel A. Quintana
  • Patent number: 7377259
    Abstract: To optimize an accelerator pump while maintaining serviceability of a carburetor. A drive lever includes an operating portion that slides in abutment along a cam projection formed on a cam and a transmitting portion for transmitting a swinging force in an increased magnitude by being provided in the vicinity of a spindle as a lever swing axis in comparison with the operating portion. A driven lever includes a receiving portion being capable of a swinging motion together with the drive lever about the spindle and receiving the swinging force by being in abutment with the transmitting portion and a connecting portion connected to an accelerator pump as a control unit thereof for controlling the flow amount of fuel are provided and the transmitting portion includes a screw mechanism for adjusting the angle formed between the drive lever and the driven lever and a cylindrical cover for covering the screw mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tokisato, Makoto Shimowada
  • Patent number: 7373921
    Abstract: A manually guided implement having a motor unit and a tool unit driven by the motor unit. The motor unit includes an internal combustion engine having a carburetor, and a butterfly valve. A throttle acts upon the butterfly valve via a transfer mechanism. A speed regulator is provided for the internal combustion engine. The transfer mechanism is divided into two transfer portions. The speed regulator is a mechanical speed regulator and is disposed between two transfer portions such that the throttle, via the first transfer portion associated therewith, as well as the speed regulator together act upon the second transfer portion, which is associated with the butterfly valve, whereby as its speed increases, the speed regulator effects a closing of the butterfly valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Geyer, Lars Bergmann, Klaus-Martin Uhl, Stefan Anspann
  • Patent number: 7363907
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle, such as a motorcycle, has an electric ignition system for igniting fuel delivered to the engine of the vehicle, and a rotatable handle which the driver holds in one hand when driving the vehicle and rotates to control the power output of the engine between an idling end position and a high power end position. The device includes a switch for cutting out the ignition system temporarily. This is achieved by turning the handle towards and beyond a yieldable engine-idling abutment, by exerting a strong torque that exceeds a pre-chosen value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Inventor: Jan Norrman