Valve device in a motor vehicle
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorsRainer Johannes MONTIGNY, Peter KOHLEN, Stefan KOPP
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Abstract
A valve device for a fuel cell arrangement in a motor vehicle includes: a housing; a flow channel that extends in the housing; a spindle mounted rotatably in the housing; a flap fastened to the spindle, the flap being arranged in the flow channel and configured to close off the flow channel, the flap having a bore via which bore the spindle penetrates the flap; a drive configured to drive the flap via the spindle; a valve seat arranged in the flow channel, the valve seat, in a closed position of the flap, being in contact with the flap, wherein the spindle penetrates the flap at an angle and openings of the bore each lead to one side of the flap; and a seal arranged In the bore between the flap and the spindle.
Claims8
1-7. (canceled)
A valve device for a fuel ceil arrangement in a motor vehicle, the valve device comprising;
- a housing;
- a flow channel that extends in the housing;
- a spindle mounted rotatably in the housing;
- a flap fastened to the spindle, the flap being arranged in the flow channel and configured to close off the flow channel, the flap having a bore via which bore the spindle penetrates the flap;
- a drive configured to drive the flap via the spindle;
- a valve seat arranged in the flow channel, the valve seat, in a closed position of the flap, being in contact with the flap, wherein the spindle penetrates the flap at an angle and openings of the bore each lead to one side of the flap;
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- a seal arranged in the bore between the Hap and the spindle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.