Balanced valve control member for exhaust gas recycling

A control valve for the recycling of exhaust gas to an internal combustion engine in which the valve controls flow of the exhaust gases from an exhaust gas channel to an air inlet channel of the engine, said control valve comprising a valve member for opening and closing a valve opening between the exhaust gas channel and the air inlet channel, electromagnetic control means acting on said valve member to open said valve opening, spring means biassing said valve member to close said valve opening, a chamber communicating with said air inlet channel, said valve member including a closure portion for closing said valve opening, said valve member further including a balancing section spaced from said closure portion, said closure portion and said balancing section being exposed in said chamber to the air pressure in said inlet channel and being opposed to one another so that forces developed by pressure of the air in said air inlet channel acts on said valve member in opposite directions to balance said valve member.