Vehicle, straddle-type vehicle, and method of driving throttle valve

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10138819
APP PUB NO 20160160763A1
SERIAL NO

14938728

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A vehicle comprises an engine including a plurality of combustion chambers; a plurality of throttle valves provided in the plurality of combustion chambers corresponding to the plurality of combustion chambers, respectively, to independently adjust flow rates of intake air flowing into the combustion chambers, respectively; two or more driving mechanisms for electrically driving the plurality of throttle valves divided into two or more groups in such a manner that each of the driving mechanisms drives the throttle valve in a corresponding group of the groups; and a throttle control device for controlling the driving mechanisms based on an amount of throttle operation information input by a rider and a predetermined vehicle state, wherein the throttle control device provides throttle opening rate commands which are made different between the groups, to the driving mechanisms, respectively, when a predetermined output adjustment condition is met.

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KAWASAKI MOTORS LTDHYOGO

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Matsuda, Yoshimoto Kobe, JP 189 1591

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