Throttle device

A throttle device, including: a throttle valve (13) disposed in a plurality of intake passages (12) of a throttle body (11); a throttle shaft (14) supporting the throttle valve (13); a motor (15) for driving the throttle valve (13) to open and close through the throttle shaft (14); a rotation transmission mechanism (20) interposed between the motor (15) and the throttle shaft (14); and a position sensor to detect a displacement in the rotation transmission mechanism (20). The rotation transmission mechanism (20) is disposed at a position where the first and the second throttle bodies (11f, 11s) are adjacent, the motor (15) is disposed within an installation width Ws of either one of the first and the second throttle bodies (11f, 11s), and the throttle opening degree sensor (30) is disposed within an installation width Wt of the other one of the first and the second throttle bodies (11f, 11s).

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-008806, filed Jan. 23, 2018, and Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-219634, filed Nov. 22, 2018

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a throttle device, and more specifically to a throttle device suitable for a multiple throttle device that controls the opening degree by a common actuator for a plurality of throttle valves on an intake passage of an engine.

BACKGROUND ART

In an electronic throttle device of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, specifically a throttle device of an engine mounted on a two-wheeled vehicle, by-wire type multiple-line devices, in which a plurality of throttle valves disposed in a plurality of intake passages in the vicinity of an intake port are driven and synchronized by a common electric actuator, are frequently used.

As a throttle device of this type, for example, a throttle device in which a throttle shaft supporting a throttle valve is driven by a motor with a speed reduction mechanism, while a rotation (an angular displacement) of a throttle shaft is transmitted to a sensor shaft arranged in parallel therewith by a gear, so that the angular displacement thereof is detected by a throttle position sensor as an opening degree of a throttle valve (See, for example, the Patent Document 1).

In this device, the gear for rotation transmission from the throttle shaft to the sensor shaft and the motor with the sensor shaft, the throttle position sensor, and the speed reduction mechanism are set on the center side in the direction in which the plurality of intake passages are adjacent (cylinder arrangement direction), so that the full width of the throttle body can be prevented from being increased by the gear train for rotational transmission from the motor to the throttle shaft being positioned at the end of the throttle body.

As a conventional throttle position sensor, there is, for example, a throttle position sensor in which a brush and a magnet on the movable side are fixed to a rotor such as a sensor shaft, while a resistor and a Hall element on the fixed side are fixed to a fixing member such as a throttle body, and, for example, a brush slides on the resistor according to the rotation of the rotor, so that a voltage signal corresponding to the rotation of the throttle shaft can be output to the outside (see, for example, Patent Documents 2 and 3).

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Technical Problem

However, in the throttle device as described in the aforementioned Patent Document 1,3, in addition to providing a sensor shaft having a different axis from the throttle shaft in the vicinity of the center of the throttle body in the direction in which the plurality of intake ports are adjacent to each other, the gears for rotation transmission from the throttle shaft to the sensor shaft, the sensor shaft, the throttle position sensor, the motor with the speed reduction mechanism, and the like are concentratedly arranged.

Therefore, in conventional throttle devices, there is no choice other than to widen the interval between the two intake passages at the center of the throttle devices, so that there is a difficulty in mountability to the body frame of two-wheel vehicle, due to the full width in an alignment direction of the cylinders of the engine being increased.

Not only that, since the throttle position sensor detects not the rotation of the throttle shaft directly connected to the throttle valve but the rotation of the sensor shaft interlocked with the throttle shaft through the gear, the detection accuracy of the angular position (rotational displacement) is not sufficiently improved due to error factors such as backlash and the like.

Further, since the throttle devices described in the Patent Document 2, 3 are so configured that magnet or the like is disposed at the shaft end of a rotor such as the throttle shaft or the sensor shaft and a sensor for detection of the rotation is disposed in a fixed side member opposed to the magnet or the like, sufficient accuracy of angular positional detection is not obtained, due to not only the full width of the throttle device in the alignment direction of the cylinders of the engine being increased but a small rotational radius of the detection portion and the like.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems, and for the purpose of providing a compact throttle device with a reduced full width of the throttle body of the throttle device that has a throttle position sensor with high accuracy of throttle opening degree detection.

Means to Solve the Problem

To achieve the above object, a throttle device according to the present invention is a throttle device mountable on a multiple cylinder engine having an intake port, the throttle device comprising: a first throttle body having a first intake passage formed therein; a second throttle body having a second intake passage formed therein; a throttle valve rotatably provided respectively in the first and the second intake passages; a throttle shaft supporting the throttle valve; an actuator that drives the throttle valve to open and close through the throttle shaft; a rotation transmission mechanism interposed between the actuator and the throttle shaft; a displacement transmission mechanism connected to the throttle shaft and transmits a rotational displacement of the throttle shaft to a predetermined detection position; and a throttle opening degree sensor to detect the opening degree of the throttle valve the displacement transmission mechanism, wherein the rotation transmission mechanism is disposed at a position where the first throttle body and the second throttle body are adjacent, the actuator is disposed within an installation width of either one of the first and the second throttle bodies, and the throttle opening degree sensor is disposed within an installation width of the other one of the first and the second throttle bodies.

In the throttle device according to the present invention, the rotation transmission mechanism is disposed in the vicinity of the position where the first and the second throttle bodies are adjacent to each other, and the actuator is disposed within an installation width of either one of the first and the second throttle bodies, and the throttle opening degree sensor is disposed within an installation width of the other one of the first and the second throttle bodies, respectively. Therefore, while the actuator is accommodated in one throttle body of the first and the second throttle bodies, the throttle opening degree sensor detecting the rotational displacement of the throttle shaft is disposed within the width of the other throttle body, so that the throttle opening degree sensor does not protrude from the end portion of the throttle body, thereby making it possible to reduce the width of the full width of the throttle device. And in addition, by appropriately setting a disposing position, particularly a rotation radius, of a movable side detection element which displacement is detected by the throttle opening degree sensor, it becomes possible to secure the required throttle opening degree detection accuracy through extending the detection width of the rotational displacement and the degree of freedom of the disposition and the size of the throttle opening degree sensor is increased.

The throttle device according to the present invention may be so configured that the displacement transmission mechanism is connected to the throttle shaft at an end portion side where the other one of the first and the second throttle bodies is not adjacent to the either one of the first and the second throttle bodies, and the throttle opening degree sensor is disposed in a intake passage side of the other one of the first and the second throttle bodies, with respect to the displacement transmission mechanism.

By this configuration, while the throttle opening degree sensor and the rotation transmission mechanism are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the axial direction of the throttle shaft, the throttle opening degree sensor avoids from protruding in a width direction from the end portion of the throttle body, so that the full width of the throttle device can be reduced.

The throttle device according to the present invention is preferably configured that the throttle valve includes a first throttle valve provided in the first intake passage and a second throttle valve provided in the second intake passage, and the first throttle valve and the second throttle valve are fixed to an identical throttle shaft.

In this case, a plurality of throttle valves disposed in the plurality of intake passages in the vicinity of the intake ports of the engine can be driven by the identical actuator in response to the throttle operation in a high response and accurate manner.

Effect of the Invention

According to the present invention, it is unnecessary to dispose the throttle position sensor so as to protrude outside the full width range of the throttle body, thereby making it possible to miniaturize the throttle device and increase the degree of freedom of arrangement.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First Embodiment

FIGS. 1-3show a configuration of a throttle device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

First, the configuration will be described.

As shown inFIG. 1andFIG. 2, the throttle device10of the present embodiment is a multiple type throttle device mounted to a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, for example, a four-cylinder engine1for a two-wheeled vehicle. Although not described in detail here about the engine1, a plurality of cylinders1care mounted in a horizontally placed state to be adjacent to each other in the left-right direction (vehicle width direction) with respect to the body frame extending in the front-rear direction of the two-wheeled vehicle (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface ofFIG. 2). As shown inFIG. 3, a pair of throttle devices10(10A,10B inFIG. 3) are arranged in parallel to the engine1so as to be adjacent to each other on the left and right sides.

As shown inFIG. 1, the throttle device10includes a throttle body portion11a(a first throttle body) having an intake passage12a(a first intake passage), a throttle body portion11b(a second throttle body) having an intake passage12b(a second intake passage), a common (same) throttle shaft14rotatably supported with respect to the throttle body portions11aand11b, a motor15capable of opening and closing the plurality of the throttle bulbs13aand13bthrough the throttle shaft14and a rotation transmission mechanism20. Further, the rotation transmission mechanism20is disposed between the throttle body portions11aand11b, so as to be connected to the throttle shaft14in the vicinity of a width direction position F corresponding to a body joining position between the adjacent throttle valves13aand13b, so that the rotation transmission mechanism20, disposed between the throttle body portions11aand11b, can transmit power to the substantially central position of the throttle shaft14.

InFIG. 2, the throttle devices10are exemplified by a layout adapted to the four-cylinder engine1. InFIG. 2, two throttle devices10, aligned in a line in the cylinder arrangement direction of the engine1, each covering a plurality of intake ports1a, each for two cylinders, each having a full width W1, respectively have a unit body11including throttle body portions11aand11bintegrated therein. The throttle body portions11a,11brespectively have an inner circumferential wall surface of a circular cross section and are arranged to be parallel to each other, and form a plurality of intake passages12a,12b(a plurality of branch passages in the case of a manifold) communicating with the plurality of intake ports1a. Further, a plurality of throttle valves13a,13bare provided in the respective intake passages12a,12b, so that the opening degree of throttle valves13a,13bcan be controlled. InFIG. 1, the shape of the body portion (unit body11to be described later) except for the plurality of throttle body portions11aand11band a periphery of a rotational transmission path between the throttle body portions11aand11bare schematically shown with a quadrangle. In addition, the plurality of throttle valves13aand13bare respectively of a type in which they are rotated in the valve opening and closing directions, for example a butterfly type, but may be of other types.

FIG. 3shows one embodiment of a case that the throttle device10is applied to a four-cylinder engine1for a two-wheel vehicle. As shown inFIG. 3, a unit body11has a first segment body (first throttle body)11fand a second segment body (second throttle body)11sintegrally connected in a direction (left-right direction inFIG. 3) that the throttle body portions11a,11bare adjacent to each other. The first segment body11fhas a gear cover portion11ccovering and accommodating the rotation transmission mechanism20from one side and one of the throttle body portions11a,11bintegrally connected. The second segment body11shas a motor cover11d(accommodation portion) accommodating a motor15and the other one of the throttle bodies11b,11aintegrally connected. And a plurality of fuel injection valves41capable of injecting fuel are disposed in the plurality of the intake passages12a,12b, with respect to each of the first segment body11fand the second segment body11s, while a fuel pipe42that distributes and supplies fuel to the plurality of the fuel injection valves41is disposed so as to connect the first segment body11fand the second segment body11s.

Returning toFIGS. 1-2, the throttle shaft14functions as a rotation center axis for rotatably supporting the plurality of throttle valves13in a fixed length region on both end sides thereof, and rotates in accordance with the rotational (angular variation) operation amount from the motor15through the rotation transmission mechanism20at its center portion in a shaft direction of the throttle shaft14, thereby making it possible to control an opening degree of the throttle valves13.

The motor15is an actuator, which is for example a pulse motor such as a step motor or the like, and is adapted to control the rotational angle position of the throttle shaft14corresponding to the opening position (throttle position) required for the throttle valves13, according to the acceleration request input based on the accelerator operation of the two-wheeled vehicle.

The rotation transmission mechanism20includes a pinion21integrally mounted on the rotation output shaft of the motor15, an idler gear22supported on the throttle body11so as to be rotatable around the axis while being engaged with the pinion21, and a control gear23integrally connected to the throttle shaft14while being engaged with the idler gear22.

This means that the rotation transmission mechanism20is provided, between a pair of intake passages12adjacent to each other in the left-right direction of the vehicle, with a pinion21, which is a gear serving as a first transmission member driven by the motor15, and a control gear23which is a gear interlocked with the pinion gear21and serving as a second transmission member integrally connected to the throttle shaft14in the rotation direction, and is further provided with an idler gear22interposed between the both gears.

In the rotation transmission mechanism20, the pitch circle radius increases in the order of the pinion21, the idler gear22, and the control gear23, which are interposed between the motor15and the throttle shaft14, thereby making it possible to fulfill the deceleration function and the high precision positioning function.

The throttle device10further includes a movable side detection element31integrally (integrally in rotation direction) supported by one end of the throttle shaft14and a fixed side detection element32supported by the throttle body11, and the movable side detection element31and the fixed side detection element32collectively constitute a position sensor30(throttle opening degree sensor) adapted to detect the angular displacement of the throttle shaft14and the control gear23, which is the displacement of the specific portion in the rotation transmission mechanism20corresponding to the opening degree of the throttle valves13a,13b, and to output a position signal Pth. The position signal Pth mentioned here represents a signal to control the opening degree of the throttle valves13a,13bby the motor15through the rotation transmission mechanism20according to the acceleration request based on the throttle operation of the two-wheel vehicle.

The movable side detection element31of the position sensor30is integrally supported by the control gear23through a plate-shaped lever member33integrally connected to one end portion of the throttle shaft14, and a rotation radius of the movable side detection element31around the axis line of the throttle shaft14is set, for example, about a pitch circle radius of the control gear23.

In addition, the movable side detection element31is disposed in an inner side, of the both sides of the plate-shaped lever member33, opposing the side surface23aon one end side in a teeth width (tooth trace) direction of the control gear23and constituted by a magnet (can be a magnetic pattern in which magnetic poles of N/S are alternately inverted) or a brush. On the other hand, the fixed side detection element32of the position sensor30is constituted by a Hall element or a resistance coating film.

The lever member33is connected to the throttle shaft14, to serve as a displacement transmission mechanism to transmit a rotational displacement of the throttle shaft14to a predetermined detection radial position by the position sensor30. As long as integrally rotatable with the throttle shaft14, the lever member33may be, for example, a rod-shaped or plate-shaped member that supports a brush serving as the movable side detection element31, or a fan-shaped member or a plurality of radially arranged plate-shaped members that supports an arc-shaped magnetic pattern or the like.

Thus, the throttle device10according to the present embodiment is so configured that the throttle valves13in a plurality of intake passages12are rotatable supported through the throttle shaft14and opened and closed by the motor15, and the rotation transmission mechanism20interposed between the motor15and the throttle shaft14has the control gear23serving as a transmission member integrally connected with the throttle shaft14in the rotational direction between the plurality of the intake passages12.

Further, the position sensor30that detects the rotational displacement of the throttle valves13and the throttle shaft14is constituted by the movable side detection element31integrally supported by the one end portion of the throttle shaft14in a rotational direction, and the fixed side detection element32disposed in a central side in the axial direction of the throttle shaft14with respect to the movable side detection element31.

By the way, in the present embodiment, the rotational transmission mechanism20is provided with its rotational transmission portion (gear meshing portion) at a position where the first segment body11fand the second segment body11sare adjacent to each other, and the motor15constituting an actuator is disposed within the installation width Ws of the second segment body11shaving its accommodation portion integrated with the throttle body portion11b(which may be the throttle body portion11a). Further, the second segment body11sis integrally connected with a gear cover portion11ccovering the rotation transmission mechanism20from one surface side.

On the other hand, the position sensor30that outputs the position signal Pth for controlling the motor15is disposed within the installation width Wt of the first segment body11f.

Further, the lever member33serving as a displacement transmission mechanism is connected to the throttle shaft14in an end portion side where the first segment body11f(the other one of the first and the second throttle bodies) is not adjacent to the second segment body11s(either one), and under this state, the fixed side detection element32of the position sensor30is disposed, with respect to the lever member33, in the side of a width region (intake passage forming width) in which the intake passage12a(first intake passage) is formed in the first segment body11f.

Further, the throttle valves13a,13bincludes a first throttle valve13aprovided in the first intake passage12aand a second throttle valve13bprovided in the second intake passage13b, and both throttle valves13a,13bare fixed to the identical throttle shaft14, so that they are synchronously driven by the motor15via the rotation transmission mechanism20.

Next, the operation will be described.

In the throttle device10of the present embodiment, when the pinion21is driven by the motor15in response to the acceleration request input according to the accelerator operation of the two-wheeled vehicle, the throttle shaft14rotates integrally with the control gear23that is engaged therewith, so that the degree of opening of the throttle valves changes. This means that the control of the rotational angle position of the throttle shaft14corresponding to the opening degree position required for the throttle valves13is executed.

During the control of the rotational angular position, the rotational angular position of the movable side detection element31integrally supported by the throttle shaft14in the rotation direction is detected by the fixed side detection element32on the side of the throttle body11, as the rotational angular position of the throttle valves13and the throttle shaft14, so that the opening degree of the throttle valves13is detected,

In the present embodiment, it is not necessary to provide a dedicated separate rotation transmission element (a functional portion around the intake passage) in the vicinity of the throttle shaft14in order to transmit the angular displacement of the throttle shaft14to the position sensor30. Accordingly, an interval d1(SeeFIG. 1) between the two intake passages12a,12bwhich are disposed adjacent to each other in a cylinder arrangement direction of the engine1sandwiching the rotation transmission mechanism20and a width dimension of a thick portion (a portion surrounding the rotation transmission mechanism20) of the unit body11corresponding to the d1can be reduced.

Further, in the present embodiment, two unit bodies11are combined to be adapted to the four-cylinder engine1, so that an interval d2(Refer toFIG. 2andFIG. 3) between the two central throttle valve portions11bcan be narrowed. Furthermore, by combining the two unit bodies11to the four-cylinder engine1, the degree of freedom of mounting also increases.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the rotation transmission mechanism20is disposed in the vicinity of the position where the first and the second segment bodies11f,11sare adjacent to each other, and the motor15is disposed within an installation width Ws of either one of the first and the second segment bodies11f,11s, and the throttle opening degree sensor30is disposed within an installation width Wt in the vehicle width direction of the other one of the first and the second segment bodies11f,11s, respectively. Therefore, while the motor15is accommodated in one segment body11s, which is one of the first and the second segment bodies11f,11s, the position sensor30detecting the rotational displacement of the throttle shaft14is disposed within the installation width Wt of the other segment body11f, so that the position sensor30does not protrude from the end portion of the throttle body, thereby making it possible to reduce the width of the full width W1of the throttle device. However, the two motors15of both the rotation transmission mechanisms20of the left and right throttle devices10A,10B may be arranged in the installation width region Wi (Refer toFIG. 2) in the central side of the vehicle width direction, inclusive of the installation width Ws in the vehicle width direction of the left and right two segment bodies11s.

And in addition, in the present embodiment, by appropriately setting a length of the lever member33, a disposing position, particularly a rotation radius, of a movable side detection element31which displacement is detected by the position sensor30can be appropriately set, so that it becomes possible to secure the required throttle opening degree detection accuracy through extending the detection width of the rotational displacement of the movable side detection element31, thereby to increase the degree of freedom of the disposition and the size of the fixed side detection element32. Further, in the present embodiment, the lever member33of the position sensor30is connected to the throttle shaft14at an end portion side of the first segment body11f, and the fixed side detection element32of the position sensor30is disposed in a side forming the intake passage12ain the first segment body11f. Therefore, while realizing an easy-to-handle disposition where the throttle opening degree sensor30and the rotation transmission mechanism20are disposed to be spaced part from each other in the axis direction of the throttle shaft14, the position sensor30avoids from protruding in a width direction from the end portion of the throttle body11, so that the full width W1of the throttle device can be reduced.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the throttle valves13a,13bare fixed to the identical throttle shaft14, a plurality of the throttle valves13a,13bdisposed in the plurality of intake passages12a,12bin the vicinity of the intake ports1aof the engine1can be driven by the identical motor15in response to the throttle operation in a high response and accurate manner.

Thus, according to the throttle device10of the present embodiment, the position sensor30does not need to protrude out of the range of the full width W1of the throttle body11, so that the throttle device10can be made compact and the degree of freedom of arrangement can be increased.

Comparison Example

FIGS. 4A and 4Bshow conventional throttle devices110,120applied to the four cylinders of the engine. In the figure, the gear transmission mechanisms112,122and the position sensors113,123, which perform rotational transmissions from the motors111,121to the throttle shaft (without a reference numeral), are disposed at both ends of the respective throttle shafts. In this case, the angular displacement of the throttle shaft can be directly detected by the position sensors113,123, and it is possible to exclude errors due to backlashes in a transmission path as in the case of providing a sensor on the side of the motors111,121. However, in this case, due to the existence of both throttle position sensors113,123and the gear transmission mechanism112,122, the full widths Wa1, Wb2of the throttle devices110,120become larger with respect to the full width of the throttle body115,125, respectively by the widths of the gear transmission mechanism112,122or the throttle position sensors113,123.

Therefore, it can be concluded that the throttle device according to the present invention can contribute sufficiently to the miniaturization of the throttle device and the improvement of the mountability to the engine, while ensuring favorable detection accuracy, as compared with the comparison example of the conventional configuration.

Second Embodiment

FIG. 5shows a configuration of the throttle device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In the throttle device10of the present embodiment, the left and the right throttle devices10A,10B corresponding to the left and the right two cylinders of the engine1are reversed from the first embodiment shown inFIG. 2, so that the motor15and the position sensor30of each of the throttle devices10A,10B are arranged in reverse.

Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and in this embodiment, the same effect as that of the above-described first embodiment can be obtained.

Also in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, it is possible to provide a high mountability throttle device which suppresses the full width W2of the engine1and is easy to be disposed in a body frame of a two-wheel vehicle.

Third Embodiment

FIG. 6shows a configuration of a throttle device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

In the throttle device10of the present embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment shown inFIG. 2, the rotation transmission portion (gear meshing portion) of the rotation transmission mechanism20is disposed at the position where the first segment body11fand the second segment body11sare adjacent to each other, and left and right throttle devices10A,10B corresponding to left and right two cylinders of the engine1are linearly arranged. Further, the motor15, constituting an actuator, is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to each of the rotation transmission mechanisms20, and the respective position sensors30are arranged on the outer side in the vehicle width direction.

However, In the present embodiment, the motor cover portion11dprojects inward in the vehicle width direction from the width of the throttle body portion11b, while in the first embodiment, the motor cover portion11daccommodating the motor15is disposed within the width of the throttle body portion11bwhich is the main portion of the second segment body11sin the vehicle width direction.

However, both the motor cover portions11dof the left and right throttle devices10A,10B are disposed within the installation width region Wi (refer toFIG. 6) in the center side in the vehicle width direction inclusive of the installation width Ws (refer toFIG. 2) of the second segment body11sof the left and right throttle devices10A,10B, and does not protrude outward in the vehicle width direction.

InFIG. 6, the respective motors15of the left and right throttle devices10A and10B are shown on the same straight line, but they may be arranged on different parallel axes.

Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment described above. In the present embodiment, as well as in the first embodiment, it is possible to suppress the entire width W2(refer toFIG. 2) of the engine1and to provide a highly mountable throttle device which is easy to mount on the frame of a two-wheel vehicle.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the throttle device is mounted on a four-cylinder engine or a three-cylinder engine, but the present invention is also applicable to a throttle device mounted on an engine of two or more cylinders. In addition, the motor may be any electric actuator that can generate rotation. Further, although the rotation transmission mechanism20is exemplified by employing three gears, the number of gears may be arbitrary, and the rotation transmission elements may be other than gears. When a plurality of throttle devices10respectively for two cylinders are arranged in the cylinder arrangement direction, instead of disposing the motor15on one side in the left-right direction of the vehicle with respect to the rotation transmission mechanism20as shown inFIG. 2, the motor15may be arranged to be inverted on both sides in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, considering the center of gravity in relationship with other equipment.

Further, it is needless to say that each of the first and the second segment bodies11f,11smay have a plurality of intake passages formed therein, and three or more throttle valves may be rotated by the same motor15.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to dispose the throttle position sensor so as to protrude outside the full width range of the throttle body, so that it is possible to achieve the effect that the throttle device can be miniaturized and the degree of freedom of arrangement of the throttle device can be increased, and thus the present invention is useful for a multilateral throttle device in general suitable for a throttle device in which a plurality of throttle valves on the intake passage of an engine are controlled by an actuator in common.

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