Patent ID: 8020531
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: F02D,F02M

Abstract:
1. An electronic throttle control device in a V-type internal combustion engine for a vehicle, the V-type internal combustion engine having a fuel injection valve and throttle valves in an intake passage, said electronic throttle control device comprising: a throttle driving motor for controlling an opening angle of each throttle valve according to an amount of operation of a throttle grip performed by an operator of the vehicle, wherein said throttle driving motor is located entirely outside of any region surrounded by a plurality of throttle bodies that are respectively connected to all intake ports of the engine as viewed in plan, wherein the throttle driving motor includes an output gear mounted thereon, a throttle shaft includes a throttle valve driving gear mounted thereon, and an intermediate gear unit including a plurality of intermediate gears operatively connecting the output gear and the throttle valve driving gear, and wherein an axis of the output gear, an axis of the throttle valve driving gear, an axis of each of the intermediate gears are located on a straight line.