Intake control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9546622-B2
Application number	US-201314403872-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2013
Priority date	Jun 11, 2012
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides an intake control device that appropriately restricts the flow of intake air when a valve body is set to a restriction position while the valve body is smoothly operated. The valve body is configured such that it is supported so as to be capable of swinging with respect to a sleeve, and when the valve body is set to the restriction position, a main valve portion of the valve body is lifted upward from a bottom plate, and a secondary valve portion of the valve body is sunk into an accommodating space of the bottom plate. In the accommodating space, a stepped portion that allows outward displacement from an inner surface of the sleeve is formed, and a seal portion that is brought closer to the stepped portion when the valve body is set to the restriction position is formed in the secondary valve portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An intake control device comprising:
a sleeve fitted within an intake manifold; and
a valve body switchable between an open position and a restriction position, the open position being a position in which an opening area of an intake passage in the intake manifold is maximized by the sleeve and the restriction position being a position in which the opening area of the intake passage is minimized, by the valve body being pivoted together with a shaft supported,
wherein the valve body includes a main valve portion and a secondary valve portion that are positioned on one wall surface side of the sleeve with respect to the shaft when the valve body is in the open position, the main valve portion being provided downstream in an intake flow direction with respect to the shaft so as to be displaced toward the center of the sleeve and the secondary valve portion being provided upstream in the intake flow direction with respect to the shaft so as to be displaced in a direction in which it is sunk into the sleeve, when the valve body is swung from the open position to the restriction position,
an accommodating space into which the secondary valve portion enters when the valve body is swung to the restriction position is formed so as to have a shape including a stepped portion that allows outward displacement from an inner surface of the sleeve, and
the secondary valve portion has a seal portion that is brought closer to the stepped portion when the valve body reaches the restriction position than when the valve body is in the open position.

2. The intake control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seal portion is constituted by a protruding portion that protrudes from a surface of the secondary valve portion so as to be closer to the stepped portion when the valve body is in the restriction position than when the valve body is in the open position.

3. The intake control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the protruding portion protrudes linearly from a surface of the secondary valve portion.

4. The intake control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the valve body is configured so as to be capable of being set to an intermediate position, which is located in middle between the open position and the restriction position, and includes a secondary seal portion that is brought closer to the stepped portion when the valve body is in the intermediate position than when the valve body is in the open position.

5. The intake control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the accommodating space is formed by cutting out the one wall surface.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Ishihara Hiromitsu

Classifications

• Y02T10/12

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• Y02T10/146

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• F02B2275/48

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• F02M35/104

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