Title:
LOCKING MECHANISM OF VALVE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012211641
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a locking mechanism of a valve device, which is capable of holding a valve body at a predetermined opening position without energization to a rotary driving source, and also which eliminates the need for a special driving mechanism to release the holding in the predetermined opening position of the valve body.
The locking mechanism 80 of the valve devices 36a, 36b includes: a ball 81 abuttable to a wall surface 64c in a rack 63 moving with the valve body 46; and a spring member 82 for pushing the ball 81 to a wall surface 64c, wherein the valve body 46 is held by a frictional force generated when the ball 81 is pushed to the wall surface 64c in the rack 63.
Inventors:
KAWACHI HIDEKI
SAKATA YUKINOBU
SASAKI TAKAHIRO
WAKABAYASHI TAKUYA
SAKATA YUKINOBU
SASAKI TAKAHIRO
WAKABAYASHI TAKUYA
Application Number:
JP2011077338A
Publication Date:
November 01, 2012
Filing Date:
March 31, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KEIHIN CORP
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
International Classes:
F16K35/04; F16K31/04; F16K31/54; H01M8/04; H01M8/10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Isono Dozo
Etsuo Tada
Etsuo Tada