Patent ID: 6901942

Claim:
A method for producing a throttle valve unit to be installed in a flow conduit ( 24 ) through which a gas flow ( 40 ) passes, the method comprising: a) affixing a flap shaft ( 4 ) to a stamped insert part ( 1 ) inside a fastening region ( 3 ), said stamped insert part ( 1 ) including an insert border ( 7 ), b) molding in an injection molding die a plastic housing ( 17 ) onto the insert border ( 7 ) of the stamped insert part ( 1 ), c) molding a plastic material around the flap shaft ( 4 ) at the same time as the housing ( 17 ) is molded onto the insert border ( 7 ) of the stamped insert part ( 1 ) by injecting plastic material about at least a portion of the flap shaft ( 4 ), and d) cutting out a planar region ( 2 ) of the stamped insert part ( 1 ) connected to the flap shaft ( 4 ) out from the stamped insert part ( 1 ).