ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED THROTTLE DEVICE
An object of the present invention is to provide an electronically controlled throttle device having a structure in which a resin cover is separated into a cover body portion and a connector portion, and has improved watertightness without increasing the size of the device. The electronically controlled throttle device of the present invention includes a motor 2 , a throttle valve 4 , a chassis 1 , a resin cover 12 , and a circuit board 104 . The resin cover 12 has a first cover portion 12 - 1 , a second cover portion 12 - 2 , and a conductive wire 22 provided at a connection portion between the first cover portion 12 - 1 and the second cover portion 12 - 2 . The connection portion is joined by forming a molten portion 23 around the conductive wire 22.
1 . An electronically controlled throttle device, comprising:
a motor;
a throttle valve that adjusts an air amount;
a chassis that houses the motor and the throttle valve;
a resin cover connected to the chassis; and
a circuit board having a circuit related to opening detection of the throttle valve, wherein the resin cover has a first cover portion, a second cover portion, and a conductive wire provided at a connection portion between the first cover portion and the second cover portion,
the connection portion forms a molten portion around the conductive wire,
the first cover portion supports the circuit board, and
the second cover portion has a connector connected to an external connector, a motor connection terminal electrically connected to the motor, and a wiring conductor that relays the motor connection terminal and the connector.
2 . The electronically controlled throttle device according to claim 1 ,
wherein when viewed from a direction along a thickness direction of the second cover portion,
the motor connection terminal and the wiring conductor overlap a region surrounded by the conductive wire.
3 . The electronically controlled throttle device according to claim 2 ,
wherein when viewed from a direction along a thickness direction of the second cover portion,
the wiring conductor has a straddle portion straddling the conductive wire, and has a bend portion bent in one direction in the thickness direction so that the straddle portion comes close to the chassis, and
the conductive wire has a bend portion bent in one direction in the thickness direction so that an overlap portion overlapping the straddle portion comes close to the chassis.
4 . The electronically controlled throttle device according to claim 3 ,
wherein a bend angle of the bend portion of the conductive wire is smaller than a bend angle of the bend portion of the wiring conductor.
5 . The electronically controlled throttle device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a connection member that connects the first cover portion and the chassis,
wherein when viewed from a direction along a thickness direction of the second cover portion,
the conductive wire is provided so as not to overlap the connection member.
6 . The electronically controlled throttle device according to claim 3 , comprising:
a throttle shaft to which the throttle valve is connected; and
an intermediate shaft and an intermediate gear that transmit torque generated by the motor to the throttle shaft,
wherein when the conductive wire and the intermediate gear are projected onto a virtual plane parallel to the intermediate shaft,
the intermediate gear overlaps the conductive wire in an axial direction of the intermediate shaft.
7 . The electronically controlled throttle device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a throttle shaft to which the throttle valve is connected; and
an intermediate shaft and an intermediate gear that transmit torque generated by the motor to the throttle shaft,
wherein the conductive wire has a conductive wire terminal protruding from the connection portion between the first cover portion and the second cover portion, and
when viewed from an axial direction of the intermediate shaft, the conductive wire terminal is disposed at a position not overlapping the intermediate gear.