Patent ID: 9422891
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: F02D,F02M,F16K

Claim Text:
1. A carburetor comprising a body, an air intake passage through the body, a throttle valve fixed to a throttle shaft pivotably supported in the air intake passage, the throttle shaft is biased towards a closed throttle valve direction, a damping member positioned within the body and operably coupled to the throttle shaft, the damping member configured to dampen the rotation of the throttle shaft as the throttle shaft rotates towards the closed throttle valve direction, a shaft bore formed in the body, the throttle shaft being received in the shaft bore, and a damping bore formed in the body and penetrating the shaft bore, wherein the damping member is inserted in the damping bore and supported in a state to frictionally engage the throttle shaft.