Patent ID: 6666432
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
An idle speed control valve comprising:a valve body defining an inlet passage including an inlet port, an outlet passage including an outlet port, and a hole; windings provided in the valve body; an adjusting screw inserted in the hole which passes through a center of the windings and a stator core, the adjusting screw having a threaded portion on an outer peripheral surface thereof to be tightened to the valve body; a movable core provided in the valve body and moved toward the stator core when the coil is energized; and a valve that opens with movement of the movable core to fluidly communicate with the inlet passage and the outlet passage, wherein the adjusting screw has a flexible projection on an outer peripheral surface thereof between the threaded portion and a head portion of the adjusting screw, the flexible projection projecting from the outer peripheral surface in a radially outward direction between an inner wall defining the hole and the outer peripheral surface of the adjusting screw; and wherein a peak of the flexible projection contacts the inner wall of the hole when the adjusting screw is inserted in the hole.