Intake device and intake control valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9534571-B2
Application number	US-201414454389-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2014
Priority date	Aug 8, 2013
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

An intake device includes: a plurality of intake ports which are adjacent to each other with a partition wall interposed therebetween; a valve body provided for each of the plurality of intake ports; a rotating shaft which rotates along with the valve body; and a bearing member which is disposed between the intake ports adjacent to each other and rotatably supports the rotating shaft of the valve body, wherein the bearing member includes a bearing main body having a bearing hole which rotatably supports the rotating shaft, and an arm portion which extends in a length larger than an inner diameter of the bearing hole from the bearing main body along the partition wall between the intake ports adjacent to each other and configures a bearing-side welding portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An intake device comprising:
a plurality of intake ports which are adjacent to each other with a partition wall interposed therebetween;
a valve body provided for each of the plurality of intake ports;
a rotating shaft which rotates along with the valve body;
a bearing member which is disposed in a portion of the partition wall between adjacent intake ports and rotatably supports the rotating shaft of the valve body,
the bearing member includes a bearing main body having a bearing hole which rotatably supports the rotating shaft, and an arm portion possessing first and second end portions, the first and second end portions being disposed on opposite sides of the bearing main body in a longitudinal direction along the partition wall between the adjacent intake ports, the first and second end portions extending a first length and a second length, respectively, from the bearing main body, the first and second lengths each being larger than an inner diameter of the bearing hole, and forming a bearing-side welding portion;
the portion of the partition wall between the adjacent intake ports, in which the bearing member is disposed, is a hollow structure, the hollow structure including first and second hollow portions which correspond to the first and second end portions of the arm portion
wherein the partition wall includes a concave portion in which the arm portion of the bearing member is fitted and a pedestal portion which supports the arm portion and is an inner bottom surface of the concave portion, and
a hollow structure is provided in an area surrounded by the pedestal portion of the partition wall.

2. The intake device according to claim 1 , wherein the arm portion is provided so as to extend to be continuous to an upper surface of the bearing main body and configure the bearing-side welding portion together with the upper surface of the bearing main body.

3. The intake device according to claim 1 , wherein the intake port includes a seal surface which comes into contact with the valve body in a closed state of the valve body, and
the arm portion of the bearing member is formed so as to extend in a length extending over a formation range of the seal surface along the partition wall between the intake ports.

4. The intake device according to claim 1 , wherein the partition wall has a wall-like portion which is formed so as to surround the arm portion and configures an inner side surface of the concave portion.

5. The intake device according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow structure of the partition wall includes a hollow portion of a concave shape, which extends from a side of the partition wall, on which the first end portion of the arm portion is disposed, to the opposite side of the partition wall, on which the second end portion of the arm portion is disposed.

6. The intake device according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing member is made of a resin,
the intake device further includes a first intake device main body made of a resin, on which the bearing member is mounted, and a second intake device main body made of a resin, which is joined to the first intake device main body by welding, and
in a state where the bearing member is mounted on the first intake device main body, the arm portion of the bearing member and the first intake device main body are welded to the second intake device main body.

7. The intake device according to claim 6 , wherein main body-side welding portions are respectively formed at the first intake device main body and the second intake device main body along each other's joint portions, and
the arm portion configuring the bearing-side welding portion of the bearing member is formed so as to be connected to the main body-side welding portion of the first intake device main body.

8. The intake device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body is a valve body for a variable intake valve provided so as to change a length of the intake port by opening and closing an opening portion between a surge tank and the intake port.

9. The intake device according to claim 1 , wherein an entire length of the bearing member in the longitudinal direction along the partition wall is approximately the same as a length of an opening portion of the intake port in the longitudinal direction along the partition wall.

10. The intake device according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow portion is configured by being closed by the arm portion.

11. An intake control valve comprising:
a valve body provided for each of a plurality of intake ports which are adjacent to each other with a partition wall interposed therebetween;
a rotating shaft which rotates along with the valve body;
a bearing member which is disposed in a portion of the partition wall between the adjacent intake ports and rotatably supports the rotating shaft of the valve body,
the bearing member includes a bearing main body having a bearing hole which rotatably supports the rotating shaft, and an arm portion possessing first and second end portions, the first and second end portions being disposed on opposite sides of the bearing main body in a longitudinal direction along the partition wall between the adjacent intake ports, the first and second end portions extending a first length and a second length, respectively, from the bearing main body, the first and second lengths each being larger than an inner diameter of the bearing hole, and forming a bearing-side welding portion;
the portion of the partition wall between the adjacent intake ports, in which the bearing member is disposed, is a hollow structure, the hollow structure including first and second hollow portions which correspond to the first and second end portions of the arm portion
wherein the partition wall includes a concave portion in which the arm portion of the bearing member is fitted and a pedestal portion which supports the arm portion and is an inner bottom surface of the concave portion, and
a hollow structure is provided in an area surrounded by the pedestal portion of the partition wall.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• OIWA Toshiyuki
• Sakurai Yu

Classifications

• F16K1/224

  Details of bearings for the axis of rotation · CPC title

• F02D9/1095

  Rotating on a common axis, e.g. having a common shaft · CPC title

• F16K27/0218

  Butterfly valves · CPC title

• F16K1/223

  with a plurality of valve members · CPC title

• F02M35/10111

  Substantially V-, C- or U-shaped ducts in direction of the flow path · CPC title