Patent ID: 7047937

Claim:
An internal combustion engine having an intake channel, comprising: a throttle element mounted in said intake channel so as to be pivotable, via a throttle shaft, between an idling position and a full-load position; an abutment fixedly connected with said throttle shaft; a stop element that is fixed in position on said intake channel, wherein in said idling position said abutment rests against said stop element, wherein said stop element is adjustable, wherein said stop element establishes said idling position of said throttle element, and wherein the position of said throttle element in said idling position is adapted to be altered by adjusting said stop element; and a switch that is actuated in said idling position of said throttle element, wherein said switch is formed by said abutment and said adjustable stop element, which establishes said idling position, so that said idling position is adapted to be reliably determined.