Patent ID: 8555855

Claim:
A throttle valve control system for an internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine comprising: plural throttle bodies, each of said throttle bodies having respective intake passages formed therethrough, wherein said throttle bodies are each provided with plural fuel injection valves, and fuel lines which connect their corresponding fuel injection valves together; first and second throttle valve shafts, with one of said shafts operatively associated with each of said throttle bodies; first and second throttle valves operatively connected with said first and second throttle valve shafts, respectively; wherein said throttle valve control system comprises an actuator for operating said throttle valves via said throttle valve shafts, and a synchronizer mechanism which interconnects said first and second throttle valve shafts, said synchronizer mechanism comprising first and second levers operatively connected to said first and second throttle valve shafts, respectively, and an adjuster for adjusting the position of the second lever in relation to the first lever; wherein said fuel injection valves and a plurality of fuel lines connecting adjacent fuel injection valves together are arrayed in parallel with a direction of said throttle valve shafts; and wherein said fuel injection valves and said fuel lines are arranged between said throttle bodies and said actuator.