Valve with two flaps placed serially and actuated by a common motor
AssigneeValeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
InventorsFranck Girardon, Mathieu Lallemant, Patrick Lebrasseur
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a three-way valve (1), particularly one intended to be used in an air intake circuit of a motor vehicle, comprising: a body (200) delimiting a first (2), a second (3), and a third (4) conduit, said conduits opening into a shared inner space (201), a first flap (21) capable of being moved to obstruct the first conduit, a second flap (20) capable of being moved to selectively obstruct either the second or the third conduit, a single actuator being arranged to selectively move at least one of the first and second flaps.
Claims15
A three-way valve for an air intake circuit of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a body delimiting a first conduit, second conduit and third conduit, the conduits opening in a common internal space;
- a first valve member which is capable of being moved in order to close the first conduit;
- a second valve member which is capable of being moved in order to selectively close one or other of the second and third conduits;
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- a single actuator which is arranged in order to selectively move at least one of the first and second valve members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.