US 12,152,546 B2
Analog controller for electronic throttle body
Terrence M. Rotter, Sheboygan, WI (US); Jonathan T. Bykowski, Shorewood, WI (US); and William D. Koenigs, Fond du Lac, WI (US)
Assigned to Discovery Energy, LLC, Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,681.
Application 18/301,681 is a continuation of application No. 17/475,024, filed on Sep. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,649,775.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,746, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0250769 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F02D 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC F02D 41/0002 (2013.01) [F02D 2200/60 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A throttle control device for an engine, the throttle control device comprising:
a throttle lever configured to receive user input, wherein the throttle lever is movable within a range of positions including a first position and a second position in response to the user input;
a sensor configured to detect the position of the throttle lever in the range of positions and generate an output signal indicative of the position of the throttle lever;
a terminal configured to provide the output signal to a controller of the engine; and
a calibration input configured to reset a reference position of the sensor relative to the throttle lever to the second position when the calibration input is actuated by a user after moving the throttle lever to the second position.