Patent ID: 6824119
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: F02D,F02M,F16K

Abstract:
A throttle body for use in an air intake system of a motor vehicle, the throttle body comprising:a throttle body surface defining a throttle bore; a throttle plate rotatably mounted within said throttle bore, said throttle plate having a variable rotational angle and forming an opening of variable size based on the rotational angle of said throttle plate relative to the throttle body, said throttle plate having an outside diameter smaller than an inside diameter of said throttle bore; and a plurality of fins extending from said throttle plate in a direction generally perpendicular to a plane defined by said throttle plate, wherein at least one of said fins is shaped such as to substantially extend across the opening regardless of the rotational angle of said throttle plate relative to the throttle body.