Patent ID: 7815167

Claim:
A valve ( 1 ) for adjusting the air flow rate in an internal combustion engine; the valve ( 1 ) comprises: a valve body ( 2 ); a cylindrical tubular pipe ( 8 ) obtained within the valve body ( 2 ) and in which an air introduction channel ( 9 ) is defined; a valve seat obtained along the air introduction channel ( 9 ) of the tubular pipe ( 8 ); an actuation system ( 7 ); a shutter, which engages the valve seat and is mobile between an opening position and a closing position of the valve seat under the bias of the actuation system ( 7 ); and a connection flange ( 11 ), which is integral with a first end ( 10 ) of the tubular pipe ( 8 ) and presents a plurality of through holes ( 12 ) which are crossed in use by corresponding fastening screws for rigidly fixing the valve body ( 2 ); the valve ( 1 ) is characterised in that the connection flange ( 11 ) comprises: a lower plate ( 14 ) and an upper plate ( 15 ), which are reciprocally parallel, facing and distanced and are arranged radially with respect to the cylindrical tubular pipe ( 8 ); and a number of ribs ( 16 ), which reciprocally connect the plates ( 14 , 15 ), are arranged perpendicularly to the plates ( 14 , 15 ), and are arranged axially with respect to the cylindrical tubular pipe ( 8 ).