Patent ID: 11927164
Assignee: WALBRO LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 12:
13. A throttle body assembly for a combustion engine, comprising:
a throttle body having a pressure chamber in which a supply of liquid fuel is received, and a throttle bore with an inlet through which air is received;
a throttle valve carried by the throttle body with a valve head movable relative to the throttle bore to control fluid flow through the throttle bore;
a control module having a housing carried by the throttle body and having a circuit board and a controller carried by the housing; and
an electrically powered actuator coupled to the throttle valve to move the throttle valve between a first position and a second position, the actuator being carried by the control module and being controlled at least in part by the controller, wherein the throttle valve includes a throttle valve shaft that is driven for rotation by the actuator, and the actuator has a drive shaft coupled to the throttle valve shaft by a coupler, and wherein at least one of a drive shaft of the actuator or the throttle valve shaft or the coupler extends through the circuit board.