I.C. engine with electrostatic charge dissipation device

摘要

The engine has an electrically insulated throttle section (12) incorporated in the engine air intake (10), incorporating a throttle plate (14) operated via an electric motor (18). A charge dissipation device for the electrostatic charge at the plastics intake pipe is provided by a connection (26) between the housing of the throttle section and at least one terminal (22) of the electric motor.Pref. the electric motor has 2 terminals (20, 22) each electrically coupled via a high-ohmic resistance (28, 32) with the outer wall of the throttle section at its opposite ends.