Patent ID: 8381702

Claim:
A load adjusting device comprising: a housing; a drive; an actuator shaft arranged in the housing; an actuating part rotationally fixed on the actuator shaft and configured to be driven by the drive to determine a power output of an internal combustion engine, the actuating part configured to pivot about an axis of rotation of the actuator shaft between a minimum load setting for the internal combustion engine defined by a minimum load stop and a full load setting for the internal combustion engine defined by a full load stop; a return spring configured to act on the actuating shaft in a direction of the minimum load setting; and at least one torsion spring fixedly located radially outside a pivoting range of the actuating part, the torsion spring comprising a first limb extending into the pivoting range of the actuating part and configured to act on the actuating part and configured to move the actuating part to an emergency running position of the actuator shaft between the full load setting and the minimum load setting.