| US 7,591,245 B2 | ||
| Air valve and method of use | ||
| Oswald Baasch, Bowling Green, Ky. (US); Neal R. Gerber, Park City, Ky. (US); Nigel C. Janes, Bowling Green, Ky. (US); Jasper C. Lindsey, Morgantown, Ky. (US); Roy E. Tedder, Utica, Ky. (US); Siamak Attarseyedi, Yardley, Pa. (US); Jared A. Brandt, Franklin, Ky. (US); and Jon A. Bigley, Bowling Green, Ky. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Holley Performance Products, Inc., Bowling Green, Ky. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 23, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/342,764. | ||
| Application 12/342764 is a continuation of application No. 11/559067, filed on Nov. 13, 2006, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0101104 A1, Apr. 23, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. F02D 11/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 123—399 | 34 Claims |
| 1. An air valve comprising:
an air valve housing;
a throttle plate disposed on a throttle shaft;
a driven gear attached on the throttle shaft;
a shaft position magnet positioned on the driven gear;
a brushless direct current motor assembly disposed within a motor housing and in connection via a pinion with the driven gear;
a circuit board disposed within the motor housing and directly connected to the brushless direct current motor comprising:
a non-contact type throttle position sensor on the circuit board, wherein the non-contact type throttle position sensor detects
a rotation of the throttle shaft due to a change in orientation of a magnetic field generated by the shaft position magnet;
and
an integrated electronic valve controller that performs digital signal processing.
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