Rotary valve having a sliding seal
AssigneeMagna Powertrain Bad Homburg GmbH
InventorsHannes Hofstetter, Viktor Racz
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Abstract
A rotary valve comprising a housing with a valve chamber, wherein the valve chamber has at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein the inlet and/or the outlet are at least partially closable, as required, by a valve body which is rotatable about an axis and is arranged in the valve chamber, wherein, on that side of the housing facing the valve body, the inlet and/or the outlet is enclosed by a sliding seal, and wherein the sliding seal bears sealingly, under elastic preload, against that surface of the valve body facing the housing.
Claims12
A sliding seal for enclosing an opening of a valve body of a rotary valve, the sliding seal comprising:
- a sealing part having a generally cylindrical shape and extending annularly about and along an axis;
- a moulded part extending annularly about the axis and extending axially from the sealing part to a lower sealing face for elastically engaging a surface of the valve body;
- the moulded part having a first region having a first radial width and extending to first axial height and a second region having a second radial width and extending to a second axial height, wherein the second axial height is greater than the first axial height;
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- the moulded part further having at least one stiffening rib located at the first region.
A rotary valve, comprising a housing with a valve chamber having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein at least one of the inlet and the outlet are at least partially closable by a valve body which is rotatable about an axis and is arranged in the valve chamber, wherein, on a side of the housing facing the valve body, at least one of the inlet and the outlet is enclosed by a sliding seal, wherein the sliding seal bears sealingly, under elastic preload, against a surface of the valve body facing the housing, wherein the sliding seal includes a sealing part and a moulded part, the moulded part having sealing regions of different stiffness, the sealing regions including a first region having a first radial width and a second region having a second radial width, wherein the first region extends to a first axial height and the second region extends to a second axial height, wherein the second axial height is greater than the first axial height, and wherein at least one stiffening rib is located at the first region.
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