Patent ID: 8051832
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: F01L,F02B,F02D,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An air intake control system for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, said system comprising: an intake port of a cylinder head for an engine main body; a throttle with a throttle body and a throttle valve, the throttle being connected to said intake port; an electric actuator having an electric motor and arranged on said throttle body to drive open or close said throttle valve; an intermediate gear which is adapted to connect an output shaft of the electric motor to a driven gear mounted on a valve shaft of the throttle valve; and a connector disposed on a housing of said electric actuator to connect an outside conductor to said electric motor, wherein the connector, the output shaft of the electric motor, the intermediate gear, and the driven gear are arranged adjacent to each other in positions above one axial end of a crankshaft, and wherein when the air intake control system in viewed in side elevation view, an imaginary straight line (L) extending orthogonally from an axis (A