JP5394468B2 - Throttle valve opening / closing control device for motorcycle engine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a throttle valve of a motorcycle engine that rotatably supports a valve shaft of a throttle valve that adjusts an intake air amount of the engine, and a steering bar for opening and closing the valve on the valve shaft of the throttle valve. The present invention relates to an improvement in a throttle valve opening / closing control device for a motorcycle engine, in which an accelerator grip that is rotatably attached to a handle and is manually operated is connected to a motor that operates to automatically open and close the valve.

  Such an engine throttle valve opening / closing control device is already known as disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-39176

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a throttle body of a motorcycle engine that rotatably supports a valve shaft of a throttle valve that adjusts the intake air amount of the engine. An accelerator grip that is rotatably attached to the steering bar handle to open and close the valve and a motor that operates to automatically open and close the valve are connected to each other from the throttle body outer peripheral wall of the valve shaft. In a throttle valve opening / closing control device for a motorcycle engine, which is connected to a throttle opening degree sensor for detecting the opening degree of a throttle valve at an end projecting outward, is configured separately from the valve shaft. an actuating shaft interlocked through a gear on one end of the valve shaft, with said motor is disposed on one side of the throttle body, motor of the motor Output shaft is projected from the main body, extends parallel to to said actuating shaft is arranged offset radially to the axis of the valve shaft is coupled to the valve shaft and through a gear, the accelerator grip A fixed driving drum and a driven drum provided on the operating shaft are connected to each other via a pair of interlocking wires, and an accelerator operation amount sensor for detecting an operation amount of the accelerator grip is connected to the operating shaft, The motor is positioned between the driven drum and one end of the valve shaft in a direction along the operating shaft, and the motor body of the motor is more than the transmission device in a direction along the axis of the operating shaft. the positioned the driven drum side, and with respect to the actuating shaft, wherein you the first wherein the pair of interlocking wire from the driven drum is arranged offset in a direction extending.

The present invention, in addition to the first feature, the end portion of the valve shaft, said that the transmission is provided between each other and the end portion of the actuating shaft shall be the second feature.

According to the present invention, in addition to the first or second feature, a control unit is connected to the motor, and the control unit includes an output state of the accelerator operation amount sensor, an engine state, and a motorcycle operating state. The throttle opening degree target value is set based on the target value, the motor is operated toward the target value, and the throttle valve opening degree signal output from the throttle opening degree sensor is fed back to the control unit. It is a third feature that the operation of the motor is controlled by determining whether or not the actual opening of the throttle valve has reached a target value.

According to the present invention, in addition to the third feature, an accelerator operation that is selectively called by the control unit based on an output state of the accelerator operation amount sensor, an engine state, and a motorcycle driving state. A fourth feature is that a plurality of maps having different throttle opening characteristics with respect to the amount are stored.

1 is a perspective view of a throttle valve opening / closing control device for a motorcycle engine according to the present invention. Front view of the three-way transmission in the throttle valve opening / closing control device (sectional view taken along line 2-2 in FIG. 3) 3-3 sectional view of FIG. Operating state explanatory diagram of the three-way transmission Illustration of different operating states of the three-way transmission Schematic diagram of the control unit Map diagram with multiple control units Characteristic diagram of relationship between accelerator grip rotation angle and throttle valve opening

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on one embodiment of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

  First, in FIG. 1, a driving drum 4 is fixed to an accelerator grip 2 rotatably attached to a right end portion of a steering bar handle 1 of a motorcycle, and a driven drum 5 is fixed to an operating shaft 3 to be described later. 4 and 5 are connected to each other via a pair of upper and lower interlocking wires 6 and 6 ′ so that the operating shaft 3 rotates in conjunction with the accelerator grip 2.

  On the other hand, a throttle shaft 7 of a butterfly-type throttle valve 8 that opens and closes the intake passage 7a is rotatably supported on the throttle body 7 disposed in the intake system of the engine. The amount of intake is adjusted.

  Both ends of the valve shaft 9 protrude outward from the throttle body 7, and a return spring 10 comprising a torsion coil spring that biases the throttle valve 8 in the closing direction is connected to one end thereof. . The operating shaft 3 is rotatably arranged so as to be coaxial with the valve shaft 9, and the operating shaft 3 and the motor 12 are connected to the valve shaft 9 via the three-way transmission 11.

  The operating shaft 3 is connected to an accelerator operation amount sensor 23 that detects the rotation angle thereof, that is, the operation amount of the accelerator grip 2, and the valve shaft 9 is connected to a throttle opening sensor 24 that detects the opening of the throttle valve 8. Is done.

  The three-way transmission 11 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The three-way transmission 11 includes a first bevel gear 13 fixed to the operating shaft 3, a second bevel gear 14 fixed to the valve shaft 9 so as to face the first bevel gear 13, and the operating shaft 3 or the valve shaft 9. , A carrier 15 rotatably supported on the carrier 15, one or a plurality of bevel pinions 16 that are rotatably supported by the carrier 15 and mesh with the first and second bevel gears 13 and 14, and the operating shaft 3. Or a carrier restricting member 17 that is supported on the valve shaft 9 so as to be relatively rotatable, and is opposed to one side surface of the carrier 15 and defines a rotation limit in one direction of the carrier 15. 21 is fixed to the casing 20 of the three-way transmission 11.

  The carrier restricting member 17 is a driven gear 17a that is supported so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to the operating shaft 3 or the valve shaft 9, and is provided on a side surface of the driven gear 17a so as to face the other side surface of the carrier 15, and A movable stopper 17b that regulates the rotation range of the carrier 15 in cooperation with the stopper 21 is engaged with a drive gear 18 which is engaged with the driven gear 17a. It is fixed to an output shaft 12a that protrudes and extends parallel to the operating shaft 3, and is driven to rotate. Therefore, the rotation of the carrier 15 can be restricted by rotating the carrier restricting member 17 by the operation of the motor 12.

  Further, the casing 20 of the three-way transmission 11 has a second facing the movable stopper 17b at a position away from the first fixed stopper 21 by sandwiching the carrier 15 and the movable stopper 17b with the first fixed stopper 21. A fixed stopper 22 is fixed.

As apparent from FIGS. 1 and 2, the motor 12 is located between the driven drum 5 and one end of the valve shaft 9 in a direction along the operation shaft 3 . Moreover, the motor main body 12b of the motor 12 is positioned on the driven drum 5 side of the three-way transmission 11 in the direction along the axis of the operating shaft 3, and the interlocking wires 6, 6 from the driven drum 5 to the operating shaft 3 ′ Is arranged offset in the extending direction.

  A control unit 25 is connected to the motor 12. As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 25 receives motorcycle operation information such as the output signal of the accelerator operation amount sensor 23, the engine speed Ne, the transmission shift position Mp, the vehicle speed V, and the driving wheel speed Wv. Based on these conditions, a condition is determined, a map corresponding to the determination result is called, a target value of the throttle opening is set according to the called map, and the motor 12 is operated in the forward or reverse direction toward the target value. To do. In the meantime, the opening signal of the throttle valve 8 output from the throttle opening sensor 24 is fed back to the control unit 25, and the control unit 25 having received the signal indicates whether the actual opening of the throttle valve 8 has reached the target value. Whether or not the motor 12 is operated is determined.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of maps 1 to 3 having different throttle opening characteristics with respect to the accelerator operation amount are prepared as maps stored in the control unit 25.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  Now, as shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that the carrier 15 is sandwiched between the first fixed stopper 21 and the movable stopper 17 b of the carrier regulating member 17. In this state, the carrier 15 cannot rotate in any direction. Therefore, when the first bevel gear 13 is rotated in the “open” direction or the “closed” direction by operating the accelerator grip 2, the bevel pinion 16 is moved on the carrier 15. Since only the rotation is performed and the second bevel gear 14 is rotated in the opposite direction to the first bevel gear 13 by the same angle, the throttle valve 8 connected to the second bevel gear 14 can be opened or closed. The throttle valve opening characteristic with respect to the accelerator grip operation amount during this period can be shown by a line A in FIG.

  Next, when the throttle valve 8 is held in the fully closed state by the biasing force of the return spring 10, as shown in FIG. 4, the carrier restricting member 17 is moved from the position shown in FIG. And the movable stopper 17b is separated from the carrier 15 by rotating in the “open” direction by an angle α1. In this state, even if the first bevel gear 13 is rotated in the “open” direction by operating the accelerator grip 2, the bevel pinion 16 rotates and revolves until the carrier 15 contacts the movable stopper 17 b of the carrier regulating member 17. Since the second bevel gear 14 simply rolls, the second bevel gear 14 does not rotate and the fully closed state of the throttle valve 8 is not changed.

  When the carrier 15 comes into contact with the movable stopper 17b by rotating the first bevel gear 13 in the “open” direction by an angle β1, the rotation in the “open” direction of the first bevel gear 13 causes the bevel pinion 16 to rotate only. By this rotation, the second bevel gear 14 is rotated in the opposite direction to the first bevel gear 13 and the throttle valve 8 can be opened.

  If the first bevel gear 13 is returned to the fully closed position by closing the accelerator grip 2 from the opened state of the throttle valve 8, the second bevel gear 14 is first moved to the fully closed position of the throttle valve 8 only by the rotation of the bevel pinion 16. Then, the carrier regulating member 17 returns to the contact position with the first fixed stopper 21 (FIG. 3) by the rotation and revolution of the bevel pinion 16.

  The throttle valve opening characteristic with respect to the accelerator grip operation amount during this period can be shown by a line B in FIG.

  Next, the operation of the motor 12 further rotates the carrier restricting member 17 in the “open” direction of the first bevel gear 13, and when the rotation angle reaches an angle α 2 corresponding to the maximum operation amount β 2 of the accelerator grip 2, FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the movable stopper 17b of the carrier restricting member 17 comes into contact with the second fixed stopper 22, and further rotation is restricted. Therefore, even if the accelerator grip 2 is fully operated in the fully open direction, the throttle valve 8 can no longer be opened, and the throttle valve 8 maintains the fully closed position by the urging force of the return spring 10.

  As is apparent from the above operation, the rotation angles α1 and α2 of the carrier regulating member 17 by the motor 12 produce the lost motion angles β1 and β2 of the accelerator grip 2. Therefore, if the carrier restricting member 17 is rotated in the “close” direction of the first bevel gear 13 by the operation of the motor 12 and the carrier 15 is pushed toward the first fixed stopper 21 by the movable stopper 17b, the first bevel gear 13 Because the second bevel gear 14 is rotated in the opening direction of the throttle valve 8 by the bevel pinion 16 that rolls toward the first fixed stopper 21, the throttle valve 8 can be opened, and the carrier 15 is moved to the first fixed stopper 21. When this is received, the opening limit of the throttle valve 8 is reached. Therefore, the throttle valve 8 does not open beyond the opening operation amount of the accelerator grip 2.

  On the contrary, if the carrier restricting member 17 is rotated in a direction away from the carrier 15 from the movable stopper 17b, the second bevel gear 14 is rotated in the closing direction of the throttle valve 8 by the action of the urging force of the return spring 10. The bevel pinion 16 rolls on the first bevel gear 13 in the direction opposite to the previous time, and when the carrier 15 catches up with the movable stopper 17b, the closing of the throttle valve 8 stops. Thus, the opening degree of the throttle valve 8 can be freely controlled by the operation of the motor 12. Therefore, by controlling the operation of the motor 12 by the control unit 25, for example, wheel traction control or vehicle speed cruise control can be performed.

  During the opening / closing control of the throttle valve 8 by the operation of the motor 12, if the motor 12 is stuck or if the motor 12 moves unexpectedly due to a failure of the control unit 25, the driver If the first bevel gear 13 is rotated in the “closed” direction by the closing operation, the bevel pinion 16 is immediately rotated and the second bevel gear 14 is attached to the return spring 10 regardless of the position of the movable stopper 17b. The throttle valve 8 can be preferentially closed by rotating in the closing direction of the throttle valve 8 in cooperation with the force.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the gist of the present invention.

1. Steering bar handle 2. Accelerator grip 3. Operation shaft 4. Driving drum 5. Driven drum 6. 6 '... interlocking wire 7 ... throttle body 8 ... throttle valve 9 ... valve shaft 10 ... return spring 11 ... three directions Transmission device 12... Motor 12 a... Motor output shaft 12 b... Motor body 13... First bevel gear 14. 16... Bevel pinion 17... Carrier regulating member 18, 17 a .. gear 21... First fixing stopper (first stopper)
22 ... 2nd fixed stopper (second stopper)
23... Accelerator operation amount sensor 24... Throttle opening sensor 25... Control unit

Claims (4)

A throttle shaft (9) of a throttle valve (8) for adjusting the intake air amount of the engine is rotatably supported on a throttle body (7) of a motorcycle engine, and the valve shaft (9) of the throttle valve (8) is rotatably supported. An accelerator grip (2) that is rotatably mounted on the steering bar handle (1) to open and close the valve (8) and is manually operated, and operates to automatically open and close the valve (8). A throttle opening sensor (for detecting the opening of the throttle valve (8) is connected to the end of the valve shaft (9) projecting outward from the outer peripheral wall of the throttle body (7). 24), a throttle valve opening / closing control device for a motorcycle engine,
An operating shaft (3) configured separately from the valve shaft (9) and interlocked with one end of the valve shaft (9) via a transmission (11), and the motor (12) include the throttle body. (7) The output shaft (12a) that is arranged on one side and protrudes from the motor body (12b) of the motor (12) is offset in the radial direction with respect to the axis of the valve shaft (9). the parallel extending to the operating shaft (3), which is and connected to the gear the valve shaft via a (18,17A) (9) Te,
A driving drum (4) fixed to the accelerator grip (2) and a driven drum (5) provided on the operating shaft (3) are connected to each other via a pair of interlocking wires (6, 6 '). An accelerator operation amount sensor (23) for detecting an operation amount of the accelerator grip (2) is connected to the operating shaft (3);
The motor (12) is located between the driven drum (5) and one end of the valve shaft (9) in a direction along the operating shaft (3),
The motor body (12b) of the motor (12) is positioned on the driven drum (5) side of the transmission device (11) in a direction along the axis of the operating shaft (3), and the operating shaft (3 ) With respect to the driven drum (5), the pair of interlocking wires (6, 6 ') are arranged offset in a direction extending from the driven drum (5). Place. An end portion of the valve shaft (9), and wherein said transmission device (11) that is provided therebetween and the end portion of the actuating shaft (3), motorcycle engine according to claim 1 throttle valve opening and closing control equipment of. A control unit (25) is connected to the motor (12), and the control unit (25) opens the throttle based on the output state of the accelerator operation amount sensor (23), the state of the engine, and the operating state of the motorcycle. The target value is set to operate the motor (12) toward the target value, and the opening signal of the throttle valve (8) output from the throttle opening sensor (24) is sent to the control unit ( actual opening of the throttle valve (8) by feeding back to 25) to determine whether it has reached the target value, and controlling the operation of said motor (12), according to claim 1 or 2. A throttle valve opening / closing control device for a motorcycle engine according to 2 . The control unit (25) has a throttle opening characteristic with respect to an accelerator operation amount that is selectively called based on an output state of the accelerator operation amount sensor (23), an engine state, and a driving state of the motorcycle. 4. The throttle valve opening / closing control device for a motorcycle engine according to claim 3 , wherein a plurality of maps are stored.

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