Patent ID: 7854216
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: F02D,F02M

Abstract:
1. A general-purpose internal combustion engine having a throttle valve and a choke valve each installed in an air intake passage connected to a combustion chamber, air sucked in flowing through the air intake passage and mixing with fuel to generate an air-fuel mixture that enters the combustion chamber of a cylinder and is ignited to drive a piston to rotate a crankshaft to be connected to a load, said engine comprising: an actuator; a throttle valve opening/closing mechanism connected to the actuator to open/close the throttle valve; and a choke valve opening/closing mechanism connected to the throttle valve opening/closing mechanism to open/close the choke valve in response to operation of the throttle valve opening/closing mechanism; wherein the throttle valve opening/closing mechanism comprises a plurality of gears.