Patent ID: 7237529
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: F02D,F16K

Abstract:
1. A throttle valve positioning device including a housing having two halves and forming a bearing arrangement for a throttle valve shaft, the device comprising: a throttle body; a throttle valve pivotally arranged within the throttle body; and a throttle valve shaft arranged within the body such that the throttle valve sits thereon, the throttle valve shaft arranged to lead through a shaft passage into the throttle body and wherein the circumference of the throttle valve, at least on one side, lies next to the throttle valve shaft at a distance from a passage of the throttle valve shaft in the throttle body; wherein the housing between its halves, further comprises an actuator for positioning the throttle valve via the throttle valve shaft, wherein the throttle valve is arranged at an acute angle to the throttle valve shaft, and wherein, the throttle body, in the region of the adjoining throttle valve circumference, further comprises a bend whose walls lie perpendicular to a direction of inclination of the throttle valve.