Patent ID: 8046151

Claim:
An integrated control system for an internal-combustion engine of a motorcycle provided with a gas knob; the integrated control system comprises: a throttle valve that regulates the flowrate of the air taken in by the engine and comprises a valve body having a housing chamber; an acquisition system that detects the angular position (α) of the gas knob; and an electronic control unit that drives the throttle valve as a function of the angular position (α) of the gas knob; wherein the acquisition system comprises: a fixed supporting body that forms an integral part of the valve body of the throttle valve; a mobile element, which is mounted mobile in the supporting body; a transmission device, mechanically connected to the gas knob and to the mobile element for transmitting the motion from the gas knob to the mobile element itself; and a main position sensor, which is carried by the supporting body, is coupled to the mobile element for determining the angular position (α) of the mobile element, and is designed to provide two mutually redundant measurements of the angular position (α) of the mobile element; wherein the electronic control unit is housed within the valve body of the throttle valve and is supported by a rigid plate mechanically connected to the valve body.