INTAKE DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
An intake device for an internal combustion engine includes a valve body and a holding member. The valve body includes a pivot shaft and a valve portion configured to change a passage cross-sectional area of an intake passage. The holding member includes a support portion that pivotally supports the pivot shaft and accommodates the valve body. The holding member is arranged in an inner wall surface of the intake passage. The valve body includes a side wall located between the pivot shaft and the valve portion. The side wall closes a gap between the pivot shaft and the support portion around an entire circumference of the pivot shaft from the intake passage in an axial direction of the pivotal shaft.
1 . An intake device for an internal combustion engine, the intake device comprising:
a valve body including a pivot shaft and a valve portion configured to change a passage cross-sectional area of an intake passage; and
a holding member including a support portion that pivotally supports the pivot shaft and accommodating the valve body, wherein
the holding member is arranged in an inner wall surface of the intake passage,
the valve body includes a side wall located between the pivot shaft and the valve portion, and
the side wall closes a gap between the pivot shaft and the support portion around an entire circumference of the pivot shaft from the intake passage in an axial direction of the pivotal shaft.
2 . The intake device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the holding member includes an accommodation recess, the accommodation recess accommodating the side wall to allow the valve portion to be pivoted in a range from a restriction state that minimizes the passage cross-sectional area to an open state that maximizes the passage cross-sectional area,
the side wall includes an arcuate peripheral portion, the arcuate peripheral portion being located in a range of the side wall excluding a range where the valve portion is arranged in a circumferential direction of an axis of the pivot shaft, and
the arcuate peripheral portion extends about the axis of the pivot shaft and has a diameter larger than the pivot shaft and smaller than a maximum distance to the valve portion.
3 . The intake device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein
the side wall includes a straight peripheral portion that connects an end of the valve portion to a tangential line of a leading portion of the arcuate peripheral portion in a pivotal direction in which the valve body is directed when moved toward the restriction state.
4 . The intake device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein
the side wall includes a first opposing surface opposing the accommodation recess that accommodates the side wall,
the accommodation recess includes a second opposing surface opposing the accommodated side wall, and
the intake device includes a projection that is at least one of a valve projection projecting from the first opposing surface toward the second opposing surface or a holding member projection projecting from the second opposing surface toward the first opposing surface.
5 . The intake device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 4 , wherein the projection is arranged in accordance with the restriction state of the valve portion.