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US 12,018,627 B2Granted
Exhaust valve, exhaust valve assembly and exhaust valve system for two-stroke internal combustion engines, two-stroke internal combustion engine having same and method for cleaning an exhaust valve
AssigneeBRP US Inc.
InventorsJustin Johnson, Roger Raetzman, Mike Davenport, Joseph Zamora
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Abstract
An exhaust valve assembly for a two-stroke internal combustion engine has a housing adapted for connection to an engine block of the two-stroke internal combustion engine; an electric actuator having an electric motor, the electric motor being disposed in the housing; and at least one reciprocating exhaust valve operatively connected to the electric actuator. The at least one exhaust valve is linearly movable by the electric motor. A portion of the at least one exhaust valve is disposed in the housing.
Claims17
An exhaust valve assembly for a two-stroke internal combustion engine comprising:
- a housing adapted for connection to an engine block of the two-stroke internal combustion engine;
- an electric actuator comprising an electric motor, the electric motor being disposed in the housing;
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- at least one reciprocating exhaust valve operatively connected to the electric actuator, the at least one exhaust valve being linearly movable by the electric motor, and a portion of the at least one exhaust valve being disposed in the housing.
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