Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
225 words
A load adjustment device operative with an internal combustion engine and an accelerator pedal, the device comprising a setting motor, and a throttle valve which determines the output of the internal combustion engine; a throttle-value shaft and a throttle-value shaft housing, said valve being connected, fixed for rotation, with said throttle-value shaft, said shaft being mounted in said housing and having a mechanical articulation side on a side of the accelerator pedal and a setting-motor articulation side; a coupling element for mechanically uncoupling the throttle-valve shaft from the setting motor in a well-defined angular region of the throttle valve; an electronic control device, and a reporting device for reporting the instantaneous position of the coupling element to the electronic control device; and wherein the throttle valve shaft is formed as a tube, and the reporting device comprises a pass-through shaft which passes through the throttle-valve shaft; the load adjustment device further comprises a first transmission member which is connected, fixed for rotation, with the pass-through shaft, the load adjustment device including a second transmission member, and an actual value detection device; said coupling element is located on the setting-motor articulation side; on the accelerator-pedal articulation side, the second transmission member is connected, fixed for rotation, with the pass-through shaft and cooperates with the actual-value detection device, the latter being operative with the electronic control device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
225 words
A load adjustment device operative with an internal combustion engine and an accelerator pedal, the device comprising a setting motor, and a throttle valve which determines the output of the internal combustion engine; a throttle-value shaft and a throttle-value shaft housing, said valve being connected, fixed for rotation, with said throttle-value shaft, said shaft being mounted in said housing and having a mechanical articulation side on a side of the accelerator pedal and a setting-motor articulation side; a coupling element for mechanically uncoupling the throttle-valve shaft from the setting motor in a well-defined angular region of the throttle valve; an electronic control device, and a reporting device for reporting the instantaneous position of the coupling element to the electronic control device; and wherein the throttle valve shaft is formed as a tube, and the reporting device comprises a pass-through shaft which passes through the throttle-valve shaft; the load adjustment device further comprises a first transmission member which is connected, fixed for rotation, with the pass-through shaft, the load adjustment device including a second transmission member, and an actual value detection device; said coupling element is located on the setting-motor articulation side; on the accelerator-pedal articulation side, the second transmission member is connected, fixed for rotation, with the pass-through shaft and cooperates with the actual-value detection device, the latter being operative with the electronic control device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
Load adjustment device according to claim 1, wherein said actual-value detection device has a potentiometer which is mounted in the throttle-valve shaft housing, there being a wiper which forms a part of the potentiometer and is connected to the second transmission member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
Load adjustment device according to claim 2, wherein at least one of said first and said second transmission members is formed as a lever.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
Load adjustment device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first and said second transmission members is formed as a lever.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
Load adjustment device according to claim 4, wherein said throttle valve has, in the region of the throttle-valve shaft, a semi-circular profile with an inner curvature which corresponds to an outer curvature of the throttle-valve shaft.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
Load adjustment device according to claim 5, further comprising a cover plate which, in its central region, has a semi-circular profile with a curvature corresponding to the outer curvature of the throttle-valve shaft; and fastening means on both sides of the throttle-valve shaft connecting the throttle valve and the cover plate to each other.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
Load adjustment device according to claim 5, further comprising fastening elements located in the plane of symmetry of the semi-circular profile to connect the throttle valve to the throttle-valve shaft.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
Load adjustment device according to claim 7, wherein said fastening elements are formed as screws.