EP1367243B1 - Intake apparatus for internal-combustion engine - Google Patents
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- EP1367243B1 EP1367243B1 EP20030012447 EP03012447A EP1367243B1 EP 1367243 B1 EP1367243 B1 EP 1367243B1 EP 20030012447 EP20030012447 EP 20030012447 EP 03012447 A EP03012447 A EP 03012447A EP 1367243 B1 EP1367243 B1 EP 1367243B1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F02D9/00—Controlling engines by throttling air or fuel-and-air induction conduits or exhaust conduits
- F02D9/08—Throttle valves specially adapted therefor; Arrangements of such valves in conduits
- F02D9/10—Throttle valves specially adapted therefor; Arrangements of such valves in conduits having pivotally-mounted flaps
- F02D9/1035—Details of the valve housing
- F02D9/104—Shaping of the flow path in the vicinity of the flap, e.g. having inserts in the housing
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- the present invention relates to an intake apparatus for an internal-combustion engine. More particularly, the present invention relates to an intake apparatus having a throttle body capable of preventing deformation of an intake air measuring portion during mounting.
- a throttle body 31 is molded from a synthetic resin material and has an intake air measuring portion for controlling the amount of intake air.
- the throttle body 31 is mounted to an intake manifold 32 molded from a synthetic resin material by passing a plurality of bolts 35 through respective mounting holes 34 provided in a flange 33 of the throttle body 31, with a gasket 42 interposed between the flange 33 and the mating flange 37 of the intake manifold 32.
- Hollow annular fittings 36 capable of withstanding the fastening force of the bolts 35 are inserted into the flange 33 of the throttle body 31 during or after the molding process.
- threaded fittings 38 having internal threads engageable with the bolts 35 are inserted into the flange 37 of the intake manifold 32 during or after the molding process.
- the throttle body 31 has an intake passage 39 with a circular sectional configuration.
- the intake passage 39 extends through the throttle body 31.
- a throttle shaft 40 is rotatably fitted across the intake passage 39.
- a throttle valve 41 is secured to the throttle shaft 40.
- the throttle valve 41 is opened or closed by pivoting of a throttle lever (not shown) secured to one end of the throttle shaft 40, thereby changing the area of the gap between the outer peripheral portion of the throttle valve 41 and the inner wall of the intake passage 39 in the throttle body 31, and thus controlling the amount of intake air. In this way, the intake air is introduced into the internal-combustion engine.
- the flanges may be curved by shrinkage after the molding process, resulting in degradation of the flatness of the mounting surfaces thereof.
- the end surfaces of the annular fittings may tilt undesirably. If the flanges are fastened together with the bolts under these circumstances, a problem occurs as shown in Fig. 5 .
- the applied tightening force corrects forcedly the disagreement in flatness between the intake manifold mounting surface of the throttle body and the throttle body mounting surface of the intake manifold. Consequently, stress-induced strain occurs in the two mounting parts.
- the stress-induced strain may extend as far as the intake air measuring portion for measuring the amount of intake air admitted by the throttle valve in the throttle body (hereinafter referred to simply as "measuring portion"), causing the circular sectional configuration of the measuring portion to be deformed to an elliptical shape. In such a case, it may be impossible to accurately measure a small amount of intake air during idling, for example. In the worst case, the throttle valve may fail to operate.
- the above-described phenomenon becomes particularly remarkable when the rigidity of the flange of the intake manifold is higher than the rigidity of the flange of the throttle body.
- an object of the present invention is to provide an intake apparatus so structured that when a throttle body made of a synthetic resin material is mounted to an intake manifold or the like, no excessive stress-induced strain occurs in the measuring portion of the throttle body, thereby allowing accurate intake air control to be performed when the amount of intake air is small.
- the document JP 2002004895 discloses a throttle body avoiding this problem by fixing the device through a fixing stud in each side supporting the whole structure.
- the present invention made to attain the above-described object is applied to an intake apparatus for an internal-combustion engine that has a throttle body formed with a measuring portion for controlling the amount of intake air.
- the throttle body is further formed with an air duct hose-side engagement portion for leading intake air to the measuring portion and an intake manifold-side engagement portion for leading the intake air measured at the measuring portion to a combustion chamber.
- the air duct hose-side engagement portion and the intake manifold-side engagement portion are provided with enlarged-diameter portions, respectively, which have an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the measuring portion.
- the enlarged-diameter portions have a wall thickness smaller than the wall thickness of the measuring portion, whereby at least a portion of one or both of outer diameters of the enlarged-diameter portions is larger than the outer diameter of the measuring portion.
- an upstream enlarged portion is formed between the air duct hose-side engagement portion and the measuring portion, and a downstream enlarged portion is formed between the intake manifold-side engagement portion and the measuring portion.
- Both the upstream and downstream enlarged portions have a wall thickness smaller than the wall thickness of the measuring portion.
- the throttle body of the intake apparatus may be made of a synthetic resin material.
- the air duct hose-side engagement portion and the intake manifold-side engagement portion of the throttle body are provided with enlarged-diameter portions, respectively, which have an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the intake air measuring portion.
- the enlarged-diameter portions and the enlarged portions between the engagement portions and the enlarged-diameter portions each have a wall thickness smaller than the wall thickness of the measuring portion. Accordingly, strain is absorbed by the enlarged-diameter portions and the enlarged portions and cannot reach the measuring portion. Therefore, no excessive stress-induced strain occurs in the measuring portion, and accurate intake air control can be performed when the amount of intake air is small.
- an intake apparatus 1 comprises a throttle body 2 having an intake passage 2a.
- a throttle shaft 3 is rotatably fitted across the intake passage 2a.
- a throttle valve 4 is secured to the throttle shaft 3.
- the throttle valve 4 rotates together with the throttle shaft 3 to control the amount of intake air in cooperation with a measuring portion 2b of the inner surface of the intake passage 2a.
- a flange 2c is formed at the downstream opening of the throttle body 2.
- the flange 2c constitutes an intake manifold-side engagement portion 6 that is to be secured to an intake manifold 5 (see Fig. 2 ).
- the flange 2c is provided with a plurality of screw holes 2d for insertion of screws 7 (see Fig. 2 ).
- the intake manifold-side engagement portion 6 of the throttle body 2 has an enlarged-diameter portion 2f with an inner diameter A larger than the inner diameter B of the measuring portion 2b.
- a downstream enlarged portion (varied-diameter portion) 2g is formed between the measuring portion 2b and the enlarged-diameter portion 2f.
- the wall thickness a of the enlarged-diameter portion 2f and the wall thickness of the downstream enlarged portion 2g are smaller than the wall thickness b of the measuring portion 2b.
- An air duct hose-side engagement portion 9 is formed at the upstream opening of the throttle body 2.
- An air duct hose 8 (see Fig. 3 ) is fitted and secured to the engagement portion 9.
- the air duct hose-side engagement portion 9 of the throttle body 2 has an enlarged-diameter portion 2h with an inner diameter C larger than the inner diameter B of the measuring portion 2b.
- An upstream enlarged portion (varied-diameter portion) 2i is formed between the measuring portion 2b and the enlarged-diameter portion 2h.
- the wall thickness c of the enlarged-diameter portion 2h and the wall thickness of the upstream enlarged portion 2i are smaller than the wall thickness b of the measuring portion 2b.
- a rib 2e is formed on the outer periphery of the engagement portion 9 to prevent the air duct hose 8 from coming off.
- a metallic band 10 (see Fig. 3 ) is fastened to the outer periphery of the air duct hose 8 to prevent the hose 8 from becoming dislodged.
- the flange 2c is distorted by an amount corresponding to the strain (shown by the chain double-dashed line).
- the inner diameter A of the enlarged-diameter portion 2f is larger than the inner diameter B of the measuring portion 2b and the wall thickness a of the enlarged-diameter portion 2f and the wall thickness of the downstream enlarged portion 2g are smaller than the wall thickness b of the measuring portion 2b, the enlarged-diameter portion 2f and the downstream enlarged portion 2g are distorted more easily than the measuring portion 2b.
- the strain is absorbed by the enlarged-diameter portion 2f and the downstream enlarged portion 2g and cannot reach the measuring portion 2b.
- the chain double-dashed line shows the state of the throttle body 2 before it is secured to the intake manifold 5.
- the strain is absorbed by the enlarged-diameter portion 2h and the upstream enlarged portion 2i and cannot reach the measuring portion 2b.
- the chain double-dashed line shows the state of the enlarged-diameter portion 2h before the air duct hose 8 and the band 10 are attached thereto.
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Description
- The present invention relates to an intake apparatus for an internal-combustion engine. More particularly, the present invention relates to an intake apparatus having a throttle body capable of preventing deformation of an intake air measuring portion during mounting.
- In a fuel injection type internal-combustion engine, as shown in
Figs. 4 and 5 , athrottle body 31 is molded from a synthetic resin material and has an intake air measuring portion for controlling the amount of intake air. Thethrottle body 31 is mounted to anintake manifold 32 molded from a synthetic resin material by passing a plurality ofbolts 35 throughrespective mounting holes 34 provided in aflange 33 of thethrottle body 31, with agasket 42 interposed between theflange 33 and themating flange 37 of theintake manifold 32. Hollowannular fittings 36 capable of withstanding the fastening force of thebolts 35 are inserted into theflange 33 of thethrottle body 31 during or after the molding process. Similarly, threadedfittings 38 having internal threads engageable with thebolts 35 are inserted into theflange 37 of theintake manifold 32 during or after the molding process. - The
throttle body 31 has anintake passage 39 with a circular sectional configuration. Theintake passage 39 extends through thethrottle body 31. Athrottle shaft 40 is rotatably fitted across theintake passage 39. Athrottle valve 41 is secured to thethrottle shaft 40. Thethrottle valve 41 is opened or closed by pivoting of a throttle lever (not shown) secured to one end of thethrottle shaft 40, thereby changing the area of the gap between the outer peripheral portion of thethrottle valve 41 and the inner wall of theintake passage 39 in thethrottle body 31, and thus controlling the amount of intake air. In this way, the intake air is introduced into the internal-combustion engine. - The above-described structure suffers, however, from the following problems. When the throttle body and the intake manifold are formed from a synthetic resin material by injection molding, the flanges may be curved by shrinkage after the molding process, resulting in degradation of the flatness of the mounting surfaces thereof. In a case where the annular fittings are inserted into the flange of the throttle body after the injection molding process, the end surfaces of the annular fittings may tilt undesirably. If the flanges are fastened together with the bolts under these circumstances, a problem occurs as shown in
Fig. 5 . That is, when the second and subsequent bolts are tightened, the applied tightening force corrects forcedly the disagreement in flatness between the intake manifold mounting surface of the throttle body and the throttle body mounting surface of the intake manifold. Consequently, stress-induced strain occurs in the two mounting parts. The stress-induced strain may extend as far as the intake air measuring portion for measuring the amount of intake air admitted by the throttle valve in the throttle body (hereinafter referred to simply as "measuring portion"), causing the circular sectional configuration of the measuring portion to be deformed to an elliptical shape. In such a case, it may be impossible to accurately measure a small amount of intake air during idling, for example. In the worst case, the throttle valve may fail to operate. - The above-described phenomenon becomes particularly remarkable when the rigidity of the flange of the intake manifold is higher than the rigidity of the flange of the throttle body.
- Under these circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an intake apparatus so structured that when a throttle body made of a synthetic resin material is mounted to an intake manifold or the like, no excessive stress-induced strain occurs in the measuring portion of the throttle body, thereby allowing accurate intake air control to be performed when the amount of intake air is small.
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JP 2002004895 - The present invention made to attain the above-described object is applied to an intake apparatus for an internal-combustion engine that has a throttle body formed with a measuring portion for controlling the amount of intake air. The throttle body is further formed with an air duct hose-side engagement portion for leading intake air to the measuring portion and an intake manifold-side engagement portion for leading the intake air measured at the measuring portion to a combustion chamber. According to the present invention, the air duct hose-side engagement portion and the intake manifold-side engagement portion are provided with enlarged-diameter portions, respectively, which have an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the measuring portion. Moreover, the enlarged-diameter portions have a wall thickness smaller than the wall thickness of the measuring portion, whereby at least a portion of one or both of outer diameters of the enlarged-diameter portions is larger than the outer diameter of the measuring portion.
- Preferably, an upstream enlarged portion is formed between the air duct hose-side engagement portion and the measuring portion, and a downstream enlarged portion is formed between the intake manifold-side engagement portion and the measuring portion. Both the upstream and downstream enlarged portions have a wall thickness smaller than the wall thickness of the measuring portion.
- The throttle body of the intake apparatus may be made of a synthetic resin material.
- The present invention offers the following advantageous effects. According to the present invention, the air duct hose-side engagement portion and the intake manifold-side engagement portion of the throttle body are provided with enlarged-diameter portions, respectively, which have an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the intake air measuring portion. Moreover, the enlarged-diameter portions and the enlarged portions between the engagement portions and the enlarged-diameter portions each have a wall thickness smaller than the wall thickness of the measuring portion. Accordingly, strain is absorbed by the enlarged-diameter portions and the enlarged portions and cannot reach the measuring portion. Therefore, no excessive stress-induced strain occurs in the measuring portion, and accurate intake air control can be performed when the amount of intake air is small.
- Still other objects and advantages of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part be apparent from the specification.
- The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.
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Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an intake apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing exaggeratedly the intake apparatus in a state where a throttle body arranged according to the present invention has been secured to an intake manifold. -
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the intake apparatus in a state where an air duct hose has been secured to the throttle body. -
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an intake apparatus according to the prior art before the constituent parts thereof are assembled together. -
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing exaggeratedly the state of the prior art intake apparatus after the constituent parts have been assembled together. - A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In
Fig. 1 , anintake apparatus 1 comprises athrottle body 2 having anintake passage 2a. Athrottle shaft 3 is rotatably fitted across theintake passage 2a. Athrottle valve 4 is secured to thethrottle shaft 3. Thethrottle valve 4 rotates together with thethrottle shaft 3 to control the amount of intake air in cooperation with a measuring portion 2b of the inner surface of theintake passage 2a. A flange 2c is formed at the downstream opening of thethrottle body 2. The flange 2c constitutes an intake manifold-side engagement portion 6 that is to be secured to an intake manifold 5 (seeFig. 2 ). The flange 2c is provided with a plurality ofscrew holes 2d for insertion of screws 7 (seeFig. 2 ). The intake manifold-side engagement portion 6 of thethrottle body 2 has an enlarged-diameter portion 2f with an inner diameter A larger than the inner diameter B of the measuring portion 2b. A downstream enlarged portion (varied-diameter portion) 2g is formed between the measuring portion 2b and the enlarged-diameter portion 2f. The wall thickness a of the enlarged-diameter portion 2f and the wall thickness of the downstream enlarged portion 2g are smaller than the wall thickness b of the measuring portion 2b. - An air duct hose-side engagement portion 9 is formed at the upstream opening of the
throttle body 2. An air duct hose 8 (seeFig. 3 ) is fitted and secured to the engagement portion 9. The air duct hose-side engagement portion 9 of thethrottle body 2 has an enlarged-diameter portion 2h with an inner diameter C larger than the inner diameter B of the measuring portion 2b. An upstream enlarged portion (varied-diameter portion) 2i is formed between the measuring portion 2b and the enlarged-diameter portion 2h. The wall thickness c of the enlarged-diameter portion 2h and the wall thickness of the upstream enlarged portion 2i are smaller than the wall thickness b of the measuring portion 2b. Arib 2e is formed on the outer periphery of the engagement portion 9 to prevent the air duct hose 8 from coming off. After the air duct hose 8 has been fitted to the engagement portion 9, a metallic band 10 (seeFig. 3 ) is fastened to the outer periphery of the air duct hose 8 to prevent the hose 8 from becoming dislodged. - Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. As shown in
Fig. 2 , if the mounting surface of thethrottle body 2 or theintake manifold 5 is strained, the flange 2c is distorted by an amount corresponding to the strain (shown by the chain double-dashed line). However, because the inner diameter A of the enlarged-diameter portion 2f is larger than the inner diameter B of the measuring portion 2b and the wall thickness a of the enlarged-diameter portion 2f and the wall thickness of the downstream enlarged portion 2g are smaller than the wall thickness b of the measuring portion 2b, the enlarged-diameter portion 2f and the downstream enlarged portion 2g are distorted more easily than the measuring portion 2b. Therefore, the strain is absorbed by the enlarged-diameter portion 2f and the downstream enlarged portion 2g and cannot reach the measuring portion 2b. It should be noted that the chain double-dashed line shows the state of thethrottle body 2 before it is secured to theintake manifold 5. - In
Fig. 3 , when theband 10 for preventing dislodging is fastened to the outer periphery of the air duct hose 8 fitted to the engagement portion 9, the enlarged-diameter portion 2h is strained (shown by the chain double-dashed line) by the fastening force. However, because the inner diameter C of the enlarged-diameter portion 2h is larger than the inner diameter B of the measuring portion 2b and the wall thickness c of the enlarged-diameter portion 2h and the wall thickness of the upstream enlarged portion 2i are smaller than the wall thickness b of the measuring portion 2b, the enlarged-diameter portion 2h and the upstream enlarged portion 2i are distorted more easily than the measuring portion 2b. Therefore, the strain is absorbed by the enlarged-diameter portion 2h and the upstream enlarged portion 2i and cannot reach the measuring portion 2b. It should be noted that the chain double-dashed line shows the state of the enlarged-diameter portion 2h before the air duct hose 8 and theband 10 are attached thereto. - It should be noted that the present invention is not necessarily limited to the foregoing embodiment but can be modified in a variety of ways without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the claims.
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- An intake apparatus for an internal-combustion engine having a throttle body (2), said throttle body (2) being formed with:a measuring portion (2b) for controlling an amount of intake air;an air duct hose-side engagement portion (9) for leading intake air to said measuring portion (2b); andan intake manifold-side engagement portion (6) for leading the intake air measured at said measuring portion (2b) to a combustion chamber;wherein said air duct hose-side engagement portion(9) and said intake manifold-side engagement portion (6) are provided with enlarged-diameter portions (2h,2f), respectively, which have an inner diameter (C,A) larger than an inner diameter (A) of said measuring portion (2b), said enlarged-diameter portions (2h,2f) having a wall thickness (c,a) smaller than a wall thickness (b) of said measuring portion (2b), whereby at least a portion of one or both of outer diameters of said enlarged-diameter portions (2h,2f) is larger than the outer diameter of said measuring portion (2b), characterized in that the inner diameters (C,A) of the enlarged-diameter portions (2h,2f) are larger than the outer diameter of said measuring portion (2b).
- An intake apparatus for an internal-combustion engine according to claim 1,
wherein an upstream conical portion (2i) is formed between said air duct hose-side engagement portion (9) and said measuring portion (2b), and a downstream conical portion(2g) is formed between said intake manifold-side engagement portion (6) and said measuring portion (2b), both of said upstream conical portion (2i) and downstream conical portion (2g) having a wall thickness smaller than the wall thickness (b) of said measuring portion (2b). - An intake apparatus for an internal-combustion engine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said throttle body (2) is made of a synthetic resin material.
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