Device for recirculating the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsFranz Bender, Jürgen Huter, Rüdiger Pfaff, Joachim Wiltschka
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Abstract
A device for recycling exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine via an exhaust gas line in its intake area is equipped with an exhaust gas valve that is positioned within a valve chamber and closes off or opens up the connection to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A valve actuating mechanism is located within the valve chamber. The valve chamber is equipped with at least one cooling channel.
Claims17
A device for recycling exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine via an exhaust gas return line in an intake channel of the internal combustion engine, comprising:
- an exhaust gas valve positioned within a valve chamber, provided with a valve head, and designed to seal off or open up a connection to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine;
- a valve actuating mechanism positioned within the valve chamber;
- at least one cooling channel, and
- an exhaust gas collection chamber, which is at least nearly spherical in shape, positioned behind the valve head of the exhaust gas valve, the exhaust gas return line being connected to the exhaust gas collection chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.