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Load adjustment device

US6279533A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 2, 1999
Grant dateAug 28, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D2009/0277
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A load adjustment apparatus for an internal combustion engine has a torsion spring (4) which is attached in a positively locking manner to a control shaft (3) for a throttle valve and a supporting part (2). At one end, the torsion spring (4) is bent in a U-shape in order to engage around a pin (17) of the supporting part (2), and has a spring tongue (16) which points in the direction of the base of the U. For mounting, the open end of the U of the torsion spring (4) is pressed over the pin (17) until the spring tongue (16) snaps in behind the pin (17). The torsion spring (4) is then connected in a positively locking manner to the pin (17) and can transmit forces in both rotation directions to the control shaft (3).

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