A sea water inflow prevention device for a marine engine, includes; an intake valve that is installed at an air inlet of the marine engine to open or close the air inlet; and a valve drive portion that one side thereof is connected with the air inlet that is disposed between the intake valve and the marine engine, the other side thereof is connected with the air intake valve, makes the air intake valve open the air inlet, when a negative pressure inside the air inlet becomes larger than a tension of a spring member provided inside, and makes the air intake valve close the air inlet, when the negative pressure inside the air inlet is less than a tension of the spring member.

A fresh air system for supplying combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine with fresh air may include a housing, through which at least one fresh air path passes, and a flap mechanism, which includes at least one flap adjustably mounted on the housing. The flap may be rotatably adjustable between a closed position, in which the flap closes off the fresh air path in a fluid-tight manner and an opened position, in which the flap opens the fresh air path for fresh air to flow through. The flap mechanism may include a spring-elastic preload element, which supports itself on the housing and preloads the flap against at least one of the opened position and the closed position.

A gas flow adjusting device is provided, which includes a tube body, a first horizontal shaft, a second horizontal shaft, two leaf structures, a torsional spring and two linkage assemblies. The first and second horizontal shafts are disposed in an accommodating space of the tube body and spaced apart from each other along an axial direction of the tube body. The leaf structures are pivoted on the first horizontal shaft and have a swinging direction identical to the axial direction. The torsional spring is sleeved around the second horizontal shaft and provides a resilient force along the axial direction. The linkage assemblies are connected to the leaf structures respectively, and each of the linkage assemblies is connected to the second horizontal shaft and the torsional spring. Therefore, when the leaf structures swing to different angles, the twisting amounts of the torsional spring are minimally varied.

An excentric pin for an electronic throttle control assembly, which is used to adjust the default position of at least one spring used to control the position of a valve plate, where the valve plate is located in an opening of a housing in the electronic control assembly. The excentric pin is used to adjust the default angle of the valve plate to have an angular tolerance of +/0.10. The excentric pin is slideably pressed into an aperture of the housing of the electronic throttle control assembly, and turned using some type of driver. The electronic throttle control assembly may be a one-spring design, or a two-spring design, where the two-spring design requires only one spring pin and the excentric pin. Also, the excenter pin may be used to adjust the position of the sector gear, e.g., function as the lower mechanical stop to provide a minimum opening angle for low leakage, and a minimum opening angle to avoid throttle plate corking into opening of the housing.

The present invention relates to a valve assembly and, more particularly, to a valve assembly which has a simple configuration to return a valve from an open or closed position to an initially-set position when the supply of electric power to a drive motor which controls the open ratio of the valve is shut off.

A throttle body assembly includes a housing defining a throttle bore with a throttle plate in the bore and mounted on a shaft. An electric motor has a pinion gear. A gear assembly includes an intermediate gear and a sector gear and transfers rotational drive from the electric motor to the throttle plate. Biasing structure biases the sector gear and thus the shaft to cause the throttle plate to close the throttle bore defining a closed position thereof. When the motor is energized, rotation of the pinion gear causes rotation of the gear assembly, against the bias on the sector gear, thereby causing rotation of the shaft to move the throttle plate from the closed position to an open position. A position sensor assembly determines a position of the plate.

A torsion coil spring biasing and rotating a drive gear of a valve device in one direction and defining a rotation position of a valve body when an electric motor is not operating is included, one end of the torsion coil spring is locked at any one of two locking portions provided at the drive gear, the other end is locked at a casing rotatably supporting the valve shaft, the drive gear is a plate-shaped members including two locking portions and formed linearly symmetrically, the locking portions are formed into hook shapes including extending portions extending in a direction away from an inner surface of the drive gear and distal end portions projecting along the inner surface from distal ends of the extending portions. The drive gear includes openings at positions at which the openings overlap the distal end portions in a view in a direction of the axial line.

A throttle device includes a coil spring that has a first spring part, a second spring part, and an intermediate hook connecting the first spring part to the second spring part for biasing a throttle valve. The first spring part is engaged with a rotation member coupled to a throttle shaft. The second spring part is engaged with a throttle body. The intermediate hook is configured to engage with a first stopper formed on the rotation member and a second stopper formed on the throttle body. The intermediate hook includes a first part on the first spring part side and a second part on the second spring part side. When the intermediate hook is engaged with the first stopper or the second stopper, the first part abuts on the first stopper or the second stopper.