Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Charge-mixing device in intake
Patent
1996-07-30
1997-06-17
Solis, Erick R.
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Charge-mixing device in intake
261 84, F02M 2902
Patent
active
056387970
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for generating turbulence in the intake manifold of an engine in a motor vehicle, the apparatus comprising a reversable step motor having a drive shaft and a drive gear fixed thereto; an elongated shaft being disposed for slidable movement along its axis and having one end disposed in the intake manifold and the other end extending outside the intake manifold, the other end of the shaft including a rack gear drivingly engaged by the drive gear; an anchor fixed in the intake manifold and supporting the shaft for axial movement; a plurality of fan blades mounted at the one end of the shaft for rotation about the shaft axis, each blade being pivotally mounted for movement between folded and unfolded positions in response to axial movement of the shaft; and a control unit for electrically operating the step motor in response to engine rotation rate or vehicle speed to cause the blades to unfold into the intake air stream when the rate or speed is below a predetermined value and to fold when the rate or speed is above a predetermined value.
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patent: 1123876 (1915-01-01), Hiddleson
patent: 4537173 (1985-08-01), Norris
patent: 4966123 (1990-10-01), Hofmeester
patent: 5137005 (1992-08-01), Kirby
Hyundai Motor Company
Solis Erick R.
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