Air valve and method of use

US7658177B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Holley Performance Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Oswald Baasch · Bowling Green, US
• Roy E. Tedder · Utica, US
• Siamak Attarseyedi · Yardley, US
• Jared Aaron Brandt · Frankfort, US
• Neal R. Gerber · Park City, US
• Nigel C. Janes · Bowling Green, US
• Jasper C. Lindsey · Morgantown, US
• Jon A. Bigley · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2007
• Grant date: Feb 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02D2200/0404
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An air valve and its method of use including an air valve housing; a throttle plate disposed on a throttle shaft; a driven gear attached on the throttle shaft; a brushless direct current motor assembly in connection via a pinion with the driven gear; an integrated electronic valve controller including digital signal processing on a circuit board; and a throttle position sensor on the circuit board, wherein the throttle position sensor includes at least one non-contact type sensor. In a preferred embodiment, the air valve includes an inlet port and an outlet port connected to an engine via an air intake manifold, such that re-circulated exhaust gas is introduced into the air intake manifold.